Spatial variation of soil nutrients in a dairy farm and its implications for site-specific fertilizer application

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-193

  Fu, Weijun ^a,b,c   Tunney, Hubert ^b   Zhang, Chaosheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^c ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; GIS; Site specific fertilization; Soil nutrients; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

BOX COX TRANSFORMATION; DAIRY FARMS; DIRECTIONAL FEATURE; ECONOMIC LOSS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; EXPONENTIAL MODELS; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; GAUSSIAN MODEL; GAUSSIANS; GEO-STATISTICS; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; GIS MAPPING; GIS MAPS; INDEX INFORMATION; IRELAND; KRIGING; LIME REQUIREMENTS; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MODEL FITTING; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; OMNI-DIRECTIONAL; PIG SLURRIES; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOIL NUTRIENTS; SOIL PH; SOIL PHOSPHORUS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL VARIABLES; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPHERICAL MODELS; STUDY AREAS; TRAFFIC ROUTES; VARIOGRAMS;

ELECTRIC REACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FARMS; FERTILIZERS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MAGNESIUM; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GEOSTATISTICS; GIS; MAGNESIUM; PH; PHOSPHORUS; PIG; POTASSIUM; SITE OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; VARIOGRAM;

IRELAND;

BOS; SUIDAE;

EID: 76449106398     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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