Scheffer/SchachtschabelSoil Science [electronic resource] / by Hans-Peter Blume, Gerhard W. Brümmer, Heiner Fleige, Rainer Horn, Ellen Kandeler, Ingrid Kögel-Knabner, Ruben Kretzschmar, Karl Stahr, B.-Michael Wilke.
Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2016Edition: 1st ed. 2016Description: XVIII, 618 p. 255 illus., 218 illus. in color. online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9783642309427
- 631.4 23
- QH541.5.S6
- S622-627

The soils are fundamental to our existence, delivering water and nutrients to plants, that feed us. But they are in many ways in danger and their conservation is therefore a most important focus for science, governments and society as a whole. A team of world recognised researchers have prepared this first English edition based on the 16th European edition. • The precusors and the processes of soil development • The physical, biological and chemical properties of soils • Nutrients and Polluntants • The various soil classifications with the main focus on the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB) • The most important soils and soil landscapes of the world • Soil Evaluation Techniques • Basic Principles of Soil Conservation Whoever works with soils needs this book.