Spatial heterogeneity of soil physico-chemical properties in contrasting wetland soils in two agro-ecological zones of Lesotho

Soil Research

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 579-587

  Nkheloane, T ^a   Olaleye, A O ^a   Mating, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LESOTHO   (Lesotho)

Author keywords

degradation; geostatistics; Lesotho; soil properties; spatial variability; wetlands

Indexed keywords

AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES; AVAILABLE PHOSPHORUS; BASE CATIONS; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM PROCESS; GEO-STATISTICS; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; LESOTHO; LOW CORRELATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SAND PARTICLES; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SAMPLE; SPATIAL DEPENDENCE; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STEPWISE MULTIPLE REGRESSION; STUDY SITES; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; WETLAND CONDITION; WETLAND SOILS;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DEGRADATION; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); POSITIVE IONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WETLANDS;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; GEOSTATISTICS; HETEROGENEITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; WETLAND;

LESOTHO;

EID: 84869161916     PISSN: 1838675X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR12145     Document Type: Article

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