Predictive soil mapping with limited sample data

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 535-547

  Zhu, A X ^a,b,c   Liu, J ^c   Du, F ^c   Zhang, S J ^b   Qin, C Z ^b   Burt, J ^c   Behrens, T ^d   Scholten, T ^d  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MAPPING METHOD; PREDICTION; SAMPLING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TYPE;

EID: 84929703463     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: 13652389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejss.12244     Document Type: Article

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