Spatial distribution of soil organic carbon and total nitrogen based on GIS and geostatistics in a small watershed in a hilly area of northern China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Peng, Gao ^a   Bing, Wang ^b   Guangpo, Geng ^a   Guangcan, Zhang ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; NITROGEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84894229243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083592     Document Type: Article

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