Modelling soil organic carbon concentration of mineral soils in arable land using legacy soil data

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 351-359

  Suuster, E ^a   Ritz, C ^b   Roostalu, H ^a   Kolli R ^a   Astover, A ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARABLE LAND; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DIGITAL MAP; INVENTORY; MONITORING; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL TYPE;

ESTONIA;

EID: 84861192862     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: 13652389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2012.01440.x     Document Type: Article

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