A classification and regression tree model of controls on dissolved inorganic nitrogen leaching from European forests

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 544-552

  Rothwell, James J ^a   Futter, Martyn N ^b   Dise, Nancy B ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forest; Model; Nitrogen leaching; Non linear; Prediction; Threshold

Indexed keywords

FOREST; NITROGEN LEACHING; NON-LINEAR; PREDICTION; THRESHOLD;

AIR POLLUTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DISSOLUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; SOILS; WATER;

LEACHING;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLASSIFICATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; FOREST SOIL; LEACHING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; THRESHOLD;

AIR POLLUTION; AUTOMOBILES; DISSOLVING; ECOSYSTEMS; FORECASTS; FORESTS; LEACHING; NITROGEN; SOIL; WATER;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

NITROGEN;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREE;

ADSORPTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NITROGEN; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TREES;

EID: 58149169171     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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