Improving the spatial prediction of soil organic carbon using environmental covariates selection: A comparison of a group of environmental covariates

M Zeraatpisheh, Y Garosi, HR Owliaie, S Ayoubi… - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
In the digital soil mapping (DSM) framework, machine learning models quantify the
relationship between soil observations and environmental covariates. Generally, the most …

Digital mapping of soil properties using multiple machine learning in a semi-arid region, central Iran

M Zeraatpisheh, S Ayoubi, A Jafari, S Tajik, P Finke - Geoderma, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge about distribution of soil properties over the landscape is required for a
variety of land management applications and resources, modeling, and monitoring …

Monitoring desertification processes using ecological indicators and providing management programs in arid regions of Iran

M Akbari, MJ Shalamzari, H Memarian, A Gholami - Ecological indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
Desertification is a serious and perilous threat to natural ecosystems. Understanding the
spatio-temporal characteristics of this process through the evaluation and monitoring of …

The effectiveness of digital soil mapping to predict soil properties over low-relief areas

Z Mosleh, MH Salehi, A Jafari, IE Borujeni… - Environmental …, 2016 - Springer
This study investigates the ability of different digital soil mapping (DSM) approaches to
predict some of physical and chemical topsoil properties in the Shahrekord plain of …

Sensitivity assessment to the occurrence of different types of droughts using GIS and AHP techniques

AR Zarei, MM Moghimi, E Koohi - Water Resources Management, 2021 - Springer
In this study, using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Geographic Information System
(GIS), the sensitivity to the occurrence of different types of droughts including meteorological …

Hierarchical cluster analysis to identify the homogeneous desertification management units

F Zolfaghari, H Khosravi, A Shahriyari, M Jabbari… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Since in most mapping models geometric mean of different criteria are used to determine the
desertification intensity, one of the most important issues in desertification studies is …

Environmental impacts of land management on the sustainability of natural resources in Oriental Erg Tunisia, North Africa

H Besser, Y Hamed - Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2021 - Springer
In southwestern Tunisia, the intense exploitation of the natural resources (soil, water,
hydrocarbons, etc.) bears unrecoverable consequences on the local environment. In fact …

A comparison of model averaging techniques to predict the spatial distribution of soil properties

R Taghizadeh-Mehrjardi, H Khademi, F Khayamim… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study tested and evaluated a suite of nine individual base learners and seven model
averaging techniques for predicting the spatial distribution of soil properties in central Iran …

[HTML][HTML] Earlier sowing combined with nitrogen fertilization to adapt to climate change effects on yield of winter wheat in arid environments: Results from a field and …

H Moghaddam, M Oveisi, MK Mehr… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change effects on crop production are of high concern in arid regions that are
suffering from increased drought. We parameterized the APSIM-Wheat (The Agricultural …

Assessing and predicting the vulnerability to agrometeorological drought using the fuzzy-AHP and second-order Markov chain techniques

AR Zarei, MR Mahmoudi - Water Resources Management, 2022 - Springer
Vulnerabilities of different regions to drought are under the influence of different factors such
as the land use, accessibility to the surface and subsurface water resources, etc. In this …