Spatial variability of soil chemical properties in a jujube slope on the loess plateau of China

Soil Science

Volumn 176, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 550-558

  Bai, Yiru ^a   Wang, Youke ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fractal dimension; geostatistical analysis; kriging; semivariogram; spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP YIELD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; KRIGING; OPTIMIZATION; PH; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SILL; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

ZIZIPHUS;

EID: 80053577145     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SS.0b013e3182285cfd     Document Type: Article

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