Modeling the spatial distribution of soil properties by generalized least squares regression: Toward a general theory of spatial variates

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 172-184

  Begueria S ^a   Spanu, V ^b   Navas, A ^a   Machin J ^a   Angulo Martinez M ^c  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized linear model; Mixed effects model; Soil mapping; Soil prediction; Soil properties; Spatial interpolation

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; INTERPOLATION; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEDOGENESIS; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

PYRENEES; SPAIN;

EID: 84877267162     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/jswc.68.3.172     Document Type: Review

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