Spatial variability and prediction of soil nutrients in a small catchment of the Loess Plateau

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 946-954

  Lian, Gang ^a,b   Guo, Xu Dong ^b   Fu, Bo Jie ^c   Hu, Chen Xia ^d  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environment indicators; Soil nutrients; Spatial prediction; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949727953     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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