Pedodiversity /

"Soil diversity (pedodiversity) is part of our natural and cultural heritage. The preservation of the pedosphere is essential for the protection of the biosphere and the Earth's systems, the regulation of climate, and for world food security. In this book, reputed international experts dis...

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Other Authors: Ibáñez Estévez, Juan José (Editor), Bockheim, James G. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2013]
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Pedodiversity state of the art and future challenges / Juan Jos ̌Ibę̀z, Ronald Job Vargas and Antonio Vz̀quez-Hoehne
  • 2. Measuring diversity of environmental systems / Enrico Feoli, Paola Ganis and Carlo Ricotta
  • 3. Nonlinear dynamics, divergent evolution, and pedodiversity / Jonathan D. Phillips
  • 4. Fractals and multifractals in pedodiversity and biodiversity analyses / Fernando San Jos ̌Martn̕ez and Francisco Javier Caniego Monreal
  • 5. Pedodiversity and landscape ecology / Asuncin̤ Saldaą
  • 6. Pedodiversity and landforms / Norair Toomanian
  • 7. Repercussion of anthropogenic landscape changes on pedodiversity and preservation of the pedological heritage / Giuseppe Lo Papa and Carmelo Dazzi
  • 8. Soil endemism and its importance to taxonomic pedodiversity / James G. Bockheim and Nicholas Haus
  • 9. Pedodiversity studies in China / Xuelei Zhang.