Spatial variability of soil nitrogen and phosphorus of a mixed forest ecosystem in Beijing, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1783-1792

  Zhang, Zhenming ^a   Yu, Xinxiao ^a   Qian, Song ^b   Li, Jianwei ^b  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CART; Kriging; Soil nutrient; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE NITROGEN; BEIJING , CHINA; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; KRIGING; MIXED FORESTS; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENTS; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STATISTICAL MODELS; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHOROUS; VEGETATION TYPE;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANNING; SOILS; VEGETATION;

NUTRIENTS;

ELEVATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; MIXED FOREST; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION TYPE;

ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PLANNING; PLANTS; SOIL;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 77953669369     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0314-z     Document Type: Article

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