Quantifying the Importance of Soil Forming Factors Using
Multivariate Soil Data at Landscape Scale
Eger1, N. Koele2, T.
Caspari1, M. Poggio3†, K.
Kumar3, and O. R. Burge4
1Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research, Soils &
Landscapes, Lincoln 7608, New Zealand
2Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research, Land Use &
Ecosystems, Lincoln 7608, New Zealand
3Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research, Land Use &
Ecosystems, Palmerston North 4474, New Zealand
4Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research, Ecosystems &
Conservation, Lincoln 7608, New Zealand
Corresponding author: A. Eger, egera@landcareresearch.co.nz
†current address: Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung, Department of
Soil System Science, 06120 Halle, Germany