On sampling collection procedure effectiveness for forest soil characterization

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2013

Autores

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

Revista

Título: FLAMMA

Vol. 6 Nº 2

Páginas: 98-100

ISSN: 2171 - 665X

Indexação

Google Scholar - 1 Citação

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências agrárias > Agricultura, silvicultura e pescas

CORDIS: Ciências Naturais > Ciências agrárias > Ciência do solo > Protecção dos solos

Outras Informações

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.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica