Soils: Basic Concepts and Future Challenges by Riccardo Scalenghe and Giacomo Certini

Soils: Basic Concepts and Future Challenges by Riccardo Scalenghe and Giacomo Certini

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ISBN:9781107406438

Cambridge University Press, 16 August 2012 

Paperback, 330 pages

This book was born as an international tribute to Fiorenzo C. Ugolini, an outstanding soil scientist, now retired from university teaching and research. It is a synthesis of the knowledge of soils, their genesis, functions and management, and includes contributions from leading soil scientists. It provides the basic concepts as well as data and practical examples from across the discipline. The book also discusses the increasingly important role of soils in enabling the preservation of life and contains a rare attempt to cross-harmonize the Soil Groups of the World Reference Base of Soil Resources with the Orders of the Soil Taxonomy. It also considers the possible existence of extraterrestrial soils based on the findings from the last space missions. This volume will be a valuable resource for researchers and students of soil science, soil conservation, geography and landscape ecology.