Spatial variability and correlation of selected soil properties in the Ap horizon of a CRP grassland

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 419-428

  Jabro, J D ^a   Stevens, W B ^a   Evans, R G ^a   Iversen, W M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross semivariogram; Kriging; Semivariogram; Spatial variability; Statistics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; BULK DENSITY; CLAY CONTENT; CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM; CROSS-SEMIVARIOGRAM; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; DISTURBED SOIL; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FARMING PRACTICES; FIELD CAPACITY; GEOSTATISTICAL METHOD; KRIGING; PENETRATION RESISTANCES; SANDY LOAM SOILS; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SEMIVARIOGRAMS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MEASUREMENT; SOIL PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY OF SOIL PROPERTIES; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TOTAL POROSITY; UNDISTURBED SOILS; VEGETATION HISTORY; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INTERPOLATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

SOIL SURVEYS;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 77954709498     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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