Pedotransfer functions to estimate soil bulk density for Northern Africa: Tunisia case

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 81, Issue , 2012, Pages 77-83

  Brahim, N ^a   Bernoux, M ^b   Gallali, T ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UMR ECO SOLS   (France)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Carbon stock estimates; Carbonate; Mediterranean region; Multiple linear regressions; Pedotransfer functions

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BULK DENSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CARBONATE; DATA SET; EMISSION INVENTORY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL PROFILE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; TUNISIA;

EID: 84857998507     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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