Non-homogeneity of variance components from spatially nested sampling of the soil

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 443-452

  Lark, R M ^a   Corstanje, R ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATION; DATA SET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEOSTATISTICS; HOMOGENEITY; ION EXCHANGE; LAND USE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PH; SAMPLING; SOIL PROPERTY; UREA; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VARIOGRAM;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 65649126377     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: 13652389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2009.01133.x     Document Type: Article

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