Large-scale spatial variability of dried soil layers and related factors across the entire Loess Plateau of China

Geoderma

Volumn 159, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 99-108

  Wang, Yunqiang ^a,b   Shao, Ming'an ^a   Liu, Zhipeng ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Land use; REML; Soil moisture; Spatial heterogeneity; Water limited ecosystem

Indexed keywords

DISTURBED SOIL; ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; FIRST PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; GEO-STATISTICS; GEOGRAPHICAL POSITIONS; GEOSTATISTICAL METHOD; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; INTENSIVE SAMPLING; LAND-USE MANAGEMENT; LOESS PLATEAU; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; PRE-SELECTED; REML; RESIDUAL MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; SAMPLING SITE; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SLOPE GRADIENTS; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL LAYER; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL TYPES; SPATIAL DEPENDENCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; VEGETATION RESTORATION; YELLOW RIVER;

ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RAIN; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

DESICCATION; GEOSTATISTICS; IRRIGATION; LAND RECLAMATION; LOESS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PLATEAU; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAMPLING; SLOPE ANGLE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL TYPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 77956870693     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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