کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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4372752 | 1303077 | 2009 | 8 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The spatial distribution of soils across Europe: A fractal approach
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موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری
علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک
بوم شناسی، تکامل، رفتار و سامانه شناسی
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چکیده انگلیسی
In this work we investigate the applicability of fractal modeling to the soil surface system in Europe, as described by the European Soil Database (V2.0) and the soil classification of the World Reference Base [FAO, 1999. World Reference Base for Soil Resources. ISSS-ISRIC-FAO, Rome, World Soil Resources Report No. 84]. Firstly, we observe the power law patterns of the distribution of pedotaxa as well as their pedorichness-area relationships. After this, we consider the 45 most abundant soils that cover 92% of the surface of Europe and estimate the box-counting fractal dimension of the areas covered by each of the pedotaxa within three orders of magnitude. Our analysis shows a remarkable scaling behavior of soil distribution and strongly suggests the fractal nature of pedotaxa distribution across Europe. These findings lead us to propose that considering the pedotaxa fractal dimension could play an important role in the analysis of the complexity of European soil systems.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Ecological Complexity - Volume 6, Issue 3, September 2009, Pages 294-301
Journal: Ecological Complexity - Volume 6, Issue 3, September 2009, Pages 294-301
نویسندگان
J.J. Ibáñez, R. Pérez-Gómez, F. San José MartÃnez,