Digital mapping of topsoil carbon content and changes in the Driftless area of Wisconsin, USA

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 155-164

  Adhikari, Kabindra ^a   Hartemink, Alfred E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CROPS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

DIFFERENT SOILS; DIGITAL MAPPING; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; NATURAL VEGETATION; PREDICTION ERRORS; REGRESSION-RULES; SOIL ORGANIC C; TERRAIN PARAMETERS;

SOILS;

DIGITAL MAPPING; ERROR ANALYSIS; MAPPING; PASTURE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL TYPE; TOPSOIL;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84920971214     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2014.09.0392     Document Type: Article

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