Soil and Terrain Database Soil for China primary data (version 1.0) - scale 1:1 million (SOTER_China)
Entry ID: ISRIC_SOTER_China_primary

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Summary
Abstract: The Soil and Terrain database for China primary data (version 1.0), at scale 1:1 million (SOTER_China), was compiled of enhanced soil information within the framework of the FAO's program of Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA). The primary database was compiled using the SOTER methodology. The SOTER unit delineation was based on a raster format of the soil map of China, correlated and ... View entire text
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Caption:  Example of SOTER view for dominant soils of China
 
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 54.0   S: 18.0   E: 135.0   W: 74.0
Min Altitude: -154 (TURPAN PENDI) Max Altitude: 8850 (MT. EVEREST)

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Koos Dijkshoorn, Jan Huting
Dataset Title: Soil and Terrain database for China (ver. 1.0)
Dataset Series Name: SOTER_China (version1.0)
Dataset Release Date: 2009
Dataset Release Place: Wageningen, Netherlands
Dataset Publisher: ISRIC - World Soil Information
Version: 1.0
Data Presentation Form: ArcMap9.x, ArcView3.x and MS Access database
Online Resource: http://www.isric.nl/isric/CheckRegistration.aspx?dataset=57
Science Keywords
AGRICULTURE > SOILS > CALCIUM Parameter Definition
AGRICULTURE > SOILS > CARBON Parameter Definition
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more than 100 countries around the globe. They use EstS in conservation
biology, biotic inventories, natural area assessment and monitoring,
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Service Provider
UCONN/EEB > Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut Supplemental Info
Service Organization URL: http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebwww/

Service Provider Personnel
Name: ROBERT K. COLWELL
Phone: (860) 486-4395
Fax: (860) 486-6364
Email: colwell at uconn.edu
Contact Address:
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Connecticut
75 N. Eagleville Road, U-3043
City: Storrs
Province or State: CT
Postal Code: 06269-3043
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: Electronic
Distribution Size: varies
Fees: none
Personnel
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: (860) 486-4395
Fax: (860) 486-6364
Email: colwell at uconn.edu
Contact Address:
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Connecticut
75 N. Eagleville Road, U-3043
City: Storrs
Province or State: CT
Postal Code: 06269-3043
Country: USA
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Publications/References
Colwell, R. K and J. A. Coddington (1994) Estimating terrestrial biodiversity
through extrapolation. Phil. Trans Roy. Soc. Lond. B 345: 101-118.
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Creation and Review Dates
SERF Creation Date: 2006-02-16
SERF Last Revision Date: 2013-04-02

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