Spatial variation in soil properties among North American ecosystems and guidelines for sampling designs.

Soils are highly variable at many spatial scales, which makes designing studies to accurately estimate the mean value of soil properties across space challenging. The spatial correlation structure is critical to develop robust sampling strategies (e.g., sample size and sample spacing). Current guide...

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Main Authors: Henry Loescher, Edward Ayres, Paul Duffy, Hongyan Luo, Max Brunke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3894938?pdf=render