Spatial variability of soil total nitrogen and soil total phosphorus under different land uses in a small watershed on the Loess Plateau, China

• Published in: Geoderma Vol. 150; no. 1; pp. 141 - 149
• Main Authors: Wang, Yunqiang, Zhang, Xingchang, Huang, Chuanqin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 15.04.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Biological and medical sciences; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Geochemistry; Geostatistics; Land use; Multivariate statistics; Soil and rock geochemistry; Soils; Spatial variability; Surficial geology; The Loess Plateau; Shaanxi China; Far East; Asia; China; The Loess Plateau; Spatial variability; Multivariate statistics; Land use; Geostatistics; geostatistics; eutrophication; Soil fertility; nitrogen; loess; Soil quality; Statistical character; Sampling design; autocorrelation; agriculture; surface water; drainage basins; Geographical division; Spatial distribution; land use; Total nitrogen; plateaus; Ground surface; soils; land cover; phosphorus

The spatial variability of soil total nitrogen (STN) and soil total phosphorus (STP) levels, which may be greatly affected by land use, plays an important role in both agriculture and the environment, especially with regard to soil fertility, soil quality, and water-body eutrophication. Little resea...