Role of environmental variables in the spatial distribution of soil carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and C:N ratio from the northeastern coastal agroecosystems in China

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 84, Issue , 2018, Pages 263-272

  Wang, Shuai ^a   Adhikari, Kabindra ^b   Wang, Qiubing ^a   Jin, Xinxin ^a   Li, Hongdan ^a  

^a SHENYANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Boosted regression trees; C:N ratio; Coastal agroecosystems; Digital soil mapping; Soil organic carbon; Total nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD SUPPLY; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; MAPPING; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PRODUCTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; BOOSTED REGRESSION TREES; C:N RATIO; DIGITAL SOIL MAPPINGS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; TOTAL NITROGEN;

SOIL SURVEYS;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD SECURITY; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; MAPPING METHOD; ORCHARD; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION COVER; WOODLAND;

CHINA;

EID: 85028915637     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.08.046     Document Type: Article

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