On sampling collection procedure effectiveness for forest soil characterization

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2013

Authors

Ana C. Meira Castro (Author) FEUP; João P. Meixedo (Author) FEUP; Jorge Santos (Author) Other; Joaquim Góis (Author) FEUP; António Bento-Gonçalves (Author) Other; António Vieira (Author) Other; Luciano Lourenço (Author) Other

Journal

Title: FLAMMA

Vol. 6 No. 2

Pages: 98-100

ISSN: 2171 - 665X

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Scientific classification

FOS: Agrarian Sciences > Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries

CORDIS: Natural sciences > Agrarian Sciences > Soil science > Soil protection

Other information

Abstract (EN): One of the most important measures to prevent wild forest fires is the use of rescribed and controlled burning actions as it reduce the fuel mass availability. The impact of these management activities on soil physical and chemical properties varies according to the type of both soil and vegetation. Decisions in forest management plans are often based on the results obtained from soil-monitoring campaigns. Those campaigns are often man-labor intensive and expensive. In this paper we have successfully used the multivariate statistical technique Robust Principal Analysis Compounds (ROBPCA) to investigate on the sampling procedure effectiveness for two different methodologies, in order to reflect on the possibility of simplifying and reduce the sampling collection process and its auxiliary laboratory analysis work towards a cost-effective and competent forest soil characterization.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific