Soil organic carbon variability in croplands: Implications for sampling design

Soil Science

Volumn 176, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 367-371

  Zhang, Wentai ^a   Weindorf, David C ^a   Zhu, Yuanda ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

coefficient of variation; cropland; sampling design; sampling interval; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CORRELATION; DESIGN; LINEARITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC SOIL; SAMPLING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 79960467510     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SS.0b013e31821eb7d2     Document Type: Article

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