Moving away from the geostatistical lamppost: Why, where, and how does the spatial heterogeneity of soils matter?

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 298, Issue , 2015, Pages 24-38

  Baveye, Philippe C ^a,b   Laba, Magdeline ^c  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematical modeling; Measuring devices; Microenvironment; Microheterogeneity; Plant roots; Soil heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS;

MEASURING DEVICE; MICROENVIRONMENTS; MICROHETEROGENEITY; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL HETEROGENEITY;

SOIL SURVEYS;

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GEOSTATISTICS; HETEROGENEITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SURVEY;

EID: 85027929117     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.03.018     Document Type: Article

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