Total soil organic carbon and carbon sequestration potential in Nigeria

Geoderma

Volumn 271, Issue , 2016, Pages 202-215

  Akpa, Stephen I C ^a,c   Odeh, Inakwu O A ^a   Bishop, Thomas F A ^a   Hartemink, Alfred E ^b   Amapu, Ishaku Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cubist; Digital soil mapping; Legacy data; Nigeria; Random Forest; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

DECISION TREES; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

CUBIST; DIGITAL SOIL MAPPINGS; LEGACY DATA; NIGERIA; RANDOM FORESTS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

ORGANIC CARBON;

AGROECOLOGY; BULK DENSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MAPPING METHOD; PEDON; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH;

GEORGIA; GUINEA; NIGERIA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SAVANNAH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959367200     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.02.021     Document Type: Article

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