Mapping Soil Properties of Africa at 250 m Resolution: Random Forests Significantly Improve Current Predictions

• Tomislav Hengl ,

  * E-mail: tom.hengl@wur.nl

  Affiliation ISRIC—World Soil Information, Wageningen, the Netherlands

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• Gerard B. M. Heuvelink,

  Affiliation ISRIC—World Soil Information, Wageningen, the Netherlands

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• Bas Kempen,

  Affiliation ISRIC—World Soil Information, Wageningen, the Netherlands

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• Johan G. B. Leenaars,

  Affiliation ISRIC—World Soil Information, Wageningen, the Netherlands

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• Markus G. Walsh,

  Affiliation The Earth Institute, Columbia University, USA / Selian Agricultural Research Inst., Arusha, Tanzania

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• Keith D. Shepherd,

  Affiliation World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Andrew Sila,

  Affiliation World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Robert A. MacMillan,

  Affiliation LandMapper Environmental Solutions Inc., Edmonton, Canada

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• Jorge Mendes de Jesus,

  Affiliation ISRIC—World Soil Information, Wageningen, the Netherlands

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• Lulseged Tamene,

  Affiliation International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Lilongwe, Malawi

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• Jérôme E. Tondoh

  Affiliation World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

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