Factors controlling soil organic carbon stocks with depth in Eastern Australia

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1741-1751

  Gray, Jonathan M ^a   Bishop, Thomas F A ^a   Wilson, Brian R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abbreviations: Asp; Aspect index; CCC; Concordance correlation coefficient; DEM; Digital elevation model; Land disturbance index; LDI; MLR; Multiple linear regression; RMSE; Root mean square error; SOC; Soil organic carbon; Topo slope index; TSI; Veg cov; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION TREES; LAND USE; LINEAR REGRESSION; LITHOLOGY; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; ORGANIC CARBON; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; SOILS; SURVEYING; SYSTEM-ON-CHIP; VEGETATION;

ABBREVIATIONS: ASP; ASPECT INDEX; CCC; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DISTURBANCE INDEX; LDI; MLR; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; RMSE; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; TOPO; TSI; VEG-COV; VEGETATION COVER;

STORAGE (MATERIALS);

CLIMATE EFFECT; ERROR ANALYSIS; PARENT MATERIAL; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUBSOIL; VEGETATION COVER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84951080409     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2015.06.0224     Document Type: Article

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