A Comparison of Feature-Based MLR and PLS Regression Techniques for the Prediction of Three Soil Constituents in a Degraded South African Ecosystem

The accurate assessment of selected soil constituents can provide valuable indicators to identify and monitor land changes coupled with degradation which are frequent phenomena in semiarid regions. Two approaches for the quantification of soil organic carbon, iron oxides, and clay content based on f...

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Main Authors: Anita Bayer, Martin Bachmann, Andreas Müller, Hermann Kaufmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Applied and Environmental Soil Science
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/971252