Prediction of soil organic carbon in an intensively managed reclamation zone of eastern China: A comparison of multiple linear regressions and the random forest model

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 592, Issue , 2017, Pages 704-713

  Zhang, Huan ^a   Wu, Pengbao ^a   Yin, Aijing ^b   Yang, Xiaohui ^a   Zhang, Ming ^c   Gao, Chao ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

Author keywords

Factor importance; Random Forest; Reclaimed soils; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION TREES; DESALINATION; FORECASTING; LAND RECLAMATION; LAND USE; ORGANIC CARBON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILT; SOILS; WETLANDS;

CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE; FACTOR IMPORTANCE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; RANDOM FOREST MODELING; RANDOM FORESTS; RECLAIMED SOIL; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

RECLAMATION;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC CARBON; RECLAIMED LAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESALINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LAND USE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RANDOM FOREST; SEDIMENT; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL QUALITY;

CHINA;

EID: 85015940466     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.02.146     Document Type: Article

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