Anthropogenic soils in the Central Amazon: From categories to a continuum

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Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 264-273

  Fraser, James ^a   Teixeira, Wenceslau ^b   Falcão, Newton ^c   Woods, William ^d   Lehmann, Johannes ^e   Junqueira, André Braga ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonian Dark Earths; Interpolation; Middle Madeira River; Principal components analysis; Terra mulata; Terra preta

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERPOLATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL FERTILITY;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; MADEIRA RIVER;

EID: 79960040096     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2011.00999.x     Document Type: Article

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