The temporal and spatial variability of soil properties in an agricultural system as affected by farming practices in the past 25 years

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 669-676

  Jia, Shuhai ^a   Zhou, De ^a,b   Xu, Dazhi ^c  

^a SHENYANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Wafangdian County Agro tech Extension and Service Center   (China)

Author keywords

Farming practices; Geostatistics; Soil properties; Temporal spatial variability

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; LATITUDE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY;

EID: 80655133864     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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