Vital Soil

Function, Value and Properties
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-444-51772-2
Verlag: Elsevier BV

Buch, Englisch, 358 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 681 g

Healthy soil, with active soil life, deters long-term soil degradation and ensures that geo-physical processes are undisturbed. Is the vitality of soil under threat due to human civilization? Or is it due to contamination, intensification, and deforestation? Vital Soil aims to look at the effects society is having on soil and contains contributions from recognized experts in soil science.

Zielgruppe

Researchers, scientists, & professionals in the soil sciences, earth sciences, and agronomy fields

Autoren/Hrsg.

Doelman, P.

Eijsackers, H.J.P.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Wasserversorgung
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Bodenkunde, Sedimentologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents include: soil functions; soil formation; vegetation and organic matter; soil biota and activities; soil microbes; soil invertebrates; soil fauna and above ground biota; system integration by food webs and fate of contaminants in soil.