Optimal soil physical quality inferred through structural regression and parameter interactions

Geoderma

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 466-474

  Reynolds, W D ^a   Drury, C F ^a   Yang, X M ^a   Tan, C S ^a  

^a HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air capacity; Bulk density; Clay loam soil; Field capacity; Organic carbon; Plant available water capacity; Porosity; Relative water capacity; Saturated hydraulic conductivity; Soil physical quality indicators; Structural regression

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FOOD PROCESSING; ORGANIC CARBON; WATER CONTENT;

AIR CAPACITY; BULK DENSITIES; BULK DENSITY; BULK SOILS; CLAY LOAM SOIL; FIELD CAPACITY; INDICATOR PARAMETERS; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENT; PLANT-AVAILABLE WATER CAPACITY; POROSITY; RELATIVE WATER CAPACITY; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL PHYSICAL QUALITY; SOIL PHYSICAL QUALITY INDICATORS; SOIL PROPERTIES; SOIL TYPES; STRUCTURAL REGRESSION; WATER CAPACITY;

SOILS;

BULK DENSITY; CLAY LOAM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PARAMETERIZATION; POROSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TYPE;

GLYCINE MAX; POA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 49549115944     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.06.017     Document Type: Article

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