Spatial variability of soil organic carbon in oil palm

International Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 93-103

  Law, M C ^a   Balasundram, S K ^a   Husni, M H A ^a   Ahmed, O H ^b   Hanif Harun, Mohd ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CROP SCIENCE   (Malaysia)

^c MALAYSIAN PALM OIL BOARD   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Oil palm; Operational areas; Site specific management; Soil organic carbon; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GPS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREE;

ELAEIS;

EID: 70350707799     PISSN: 18164978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijss.2009.93.103     Document Type: Article

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