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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0120-2812</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Agronómica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Agron.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-2812</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional de Colombia]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0120-28122017000200228</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15446/acag.v66n2.53282</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Modelling effective soil depth at field scale from soil sensors and geomorphometric indices]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Modelación de la profundidad efectiva del suelo a escala de lote a partir de sensores del suelo e índices geomorfométricos]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Castro-Franco]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mauricio]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Domenech]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marisa]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Costa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Luis]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aparicio]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Virginia Carolina]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de los Llanos  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas- CONICET  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Argentina</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria CEI-INTA  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Barrow ]]></addr-line>
<country>Argentina</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria EEA-INTA  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Balcarce ]]></addr-line>
<country>Argentina</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>66</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>228</fpage>
<lpage>234</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-28122017000200228&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-28122017000200228&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-28122017000200228&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: The effective soil depth (ESD) affects both dynamic of hydrology and plant growth. In the southeast of Buenos Aires province, the presence of petrocalcic horizon constitutes a limitation to ESD. The aim of this study was to develop a statistic model to predict spatial patterns of ESD using apparent electrical conductivity at two depths: 0-30 (ECa_30) and 0-90 (ECa_90) and geomorphometric indices. To do this, a Random Forest (RF) analysis was applied. RF was able to select those variables according to their predictive potential for ESD. In that order, ECa_90, catchment slope, elevation and ECa_30 had main prediction importance. For validating purposes, 3035 ESD measurements were carried out, in five fields. ECa and ESD values showed complex spatial pattern at short distances. RF parameters with lowest error (OOBerror) were calibrated. RF model simplified which uses main predictors had a similar predictive development to it uses all predictors. Furthermore, RF model simplified had the ability to delineate similar pattern to those obtained from in situ measure of ESD in all fields. In general, RF was an effective method and easy to work. However, further studies are needed which add other types of variables importance calculation, greater number of fields and test other predictors in order to improve these results.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: La profundidad efectiva del suelo (PES) afecta la dinámica hidrológica y el crecimiento vegetal. En el sudeste bonaerense, una limitante de la PES es la presencia de horizontes petrocálcicos. El objetivo fue desarrollar un modelo estadístico para la predicción de patrones espaciales de PES, a partir de conductividad eléctrica del suelo medida a dos profundidades: 0-30 (CEa_30) y 0-90 (CEa_90), e índices geomorfométricos. Para esto, se aplicó Random Forest (RF), el cual permitió seleccionar los predictores de acuerdo a su potencial predictivo para PES. En su orden, CEa_90, pendiente de captación, elevación y CEa_30 tuvieron mayor capacidad predictiva. Para validar el modelo, 3035 mediciones de PES fueron realizadas, en cinco lotes agrícolas. Las mediciones de CEa y PES reflejan patrones espaciales complejos. Los parámetros de RF con menor error (OOBerror) fueron calibrados. El modelo RF simplificado con los predictores más importantes, tuvo un desempeño predictivo similar al modelo RF que utilizó todos los predictores. Además, el modelo RF simplificado tuvo la capacidad de demarcar patrones similares a los mapas obtenidos por mediciones directas de PES, en todos los lotes. En general, RF fue una herramienta efectiva y fácilmente aplicable. Sin embargo, trabajos futuros deben incluir otros tipos de determinación de importancia de variables, mayor cantidad de lotes y probar otros predictores, de modo que se puedan mejorar los resultados obtenidos.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Feature selection]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Petrocalcic horizon]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Random Forest]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Bosques aleatorios]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Horizonte petrocálcico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Selección de variables]]></kwd>
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