Vegetation and topographic control on spatial variability of soil organic carbon

Pedosphere

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-58

  Oueslati, I ^a   Allamano, P ^a   Bonifacio, E ^b   Claps, P ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate factor; Natural soils; Regression analysis; SOC

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; RAINFALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VEGETATION COVER;

ITALY;

EID: 84871688159     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(12)60079-4     Document Type: Article

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