Sustainable Soil Management (Hardcover, New)

Soil is one of our most precious natural resources, providing a range of ecosystem functions and services, while supporting huge biodiversity. In this new book, the focus is on soil management for agriculture and the environment. Changing land-use practices and the role of soil biological diversity has been a major focus of soil science research over the past couple of decades, a trend that is likely to continue. The information presented in this book point to a holistic approach to soil management. The first part of the book looks at the land use effects on soil carbon storage, which considers how a range of factors include carbon sequestration in soils. The second part of the book presents research investigating the interactions between soil properties, plant species, and the soil biota.Soil Science Management highlights some of the most important contemporary issues concerning land management, nutrient cycling, and soil carbon and leads to more holistic approaches to sustainable land management in the future.

General

Imprint:	Apple Academic Press Inc.
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	March 2013
First published:	2013
Editors:	Deirdre Rooney
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	246
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-926895-21-5
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Agricultural science Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > Soil science, sedimentology Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability
LSN:	1-926895-21-5
Barcode:	9781926895215

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