Qualitative Land Suitability Evaluation for Main Irrigated Crops in the Shahrekord Plain, Iran： A Geostatistical Approach Compared with Conventional Method

• Published in: Pedosphere Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 767 - 778
• Main Authors: SAFARI, Y., ESFANDIARPOUR-BOROUJENI, I., KAMALI, A., SALEHI, M.H., BAGHERI-BODAGHABADI, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2013; College of Agriculture, Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan, Rafsanjan 77139-36417,Iran%Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture, Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan, Rafsanjan 77139-36417,Iran%Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord 88186-34141,Iran
• Subjects: land use planning; ordinary kriging; representative pedon; soil variability; Solanum tuberosum; Triticum aestivum; 伊朗; 传统方法; 土地适宜性评价; 土壤属性; 地质统计学; 平原; 灌溉作物; 统计学方法; ordinary kriging; land use planning; representative pedon; soil variability

The purity of soil map units and their quality for various uses like land suitability evaluation are always questioned. The main objective of this study was to compare the precision of qualitative land suitability classification based on geostatistical and conventional soil mapping methods for main...