The spatial distribution of soils across Europe: A fractal approach

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 294-301

  Ibanez J J ^a   Perez Gomez R ^b   San Jose Martinez F ^b  

^a CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abundance rank distributions; Box counting dimension; Fractal analysis; Pedodiversity; Pedorichness area relationships; Pedotaxa of Europe; Quantitative soil geography; World Reference Base

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651092095     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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