Integration of multiple soil parameters to evaluate soil quality: A field example

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 207-214

  Halvorson, Jonathan J ^a   Smith, Jeffrey L ^a   Papendick, Robert I ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple variables; Non parametric geostatistics; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; MANAGEMENT; METHOD; PARAMETER; PARAMETERIZATION; SOIL QUALITY;

USA, WASHINGTON;

EID: 85047678715     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00335937     Document Type: Article

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