The soils of Brazil
This book represents the first comprehensive edition, in English, on the soils of Brazil, in the challenge of illustrating all the biomes of a country of truly continental dimension. In addition to presenting the first geosystemic view of Brazilian soils, in all geological, geomorphological and envi...
| Other Authors: | Schaefer, Carlos E. G. R.,, SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cham :
Springer,
2023.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (x, 488 pages : illustrations (some color)). |
| Series: |
World soils book series.
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Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. A Brief History of Brazilian Soil Science (Carlos E. Schaefer)
- Chapter 2. The Making of Brazilian Soilscapes: A Geosystemic Vista on Neotropical Pedology (Carlos E. Schaefer)
- Chapter 3. The Soil Regions: A Framework for Stratifying the Brazilian Soilscapes (Carlos E. Schaefer)
- Chapter 4. Soils from Brazilian Amazonia (Carlos E. Schaefer)
- Chapter 5. Soils of Cerrados, the Brazilian Savannas (Virlei Álvaro de Oliveira)
- Chapter 6. Semiarid Soils of the Caatinga Biome of Northeastern Brazil (José Coelho de Araújo Filho)
- Chapter 7. Soils From the Atlantic Forest (Ademir Fontana)
- Chapter 8. Soils of the Coastal Tablelands Under Atlantic Forest (Marcelo Metri Corrêa)
- Chapter 9. Soils of Pantanal: The Largest Continental Wetland (Eduardo G. Couto). Chapter 10. Soils of the Southern Araucarias High Lands (Ricardo Simão Diniz Dalmolin)
- Chapter 11. Soils of Pampa Gaúcho, the Mixed Prairies of Southern Brazil
- Chapter 12. Soils of Campos Rupestres (Rupestrian Grasslands) of the Old Brazilian Mountain Ranges
- Chapter 13. Soils of the Brazilian Volcanic Islands
- Chapter 14. Soils of Restingas
- Chapter 15. Mangroves Along the Brazilian Coast
- Chapter 16. The Future of Brazilian Pedology: Pedometrics and Advanced Methods for Soil Survey
- Chapter 17. Technosols and Anthrosols in Brazil: A Brief Account
- Chapter 18. Insights into Brazilian Soils and Sustainable Agriculture Scenarios.