Handbook of soil sciences. Resource management and environmental impacts /Справочник по почвоведению. Управление ресурсами и воздействие на окружающую среду

Handbook of Soil Sciences is the second edition of a comprehensive reference work on the discipline of soil science as practiced today. The new edition has been completely revised and rewritten to reflect the current state of knowledge. It contains definitive descriptions of each major area in the discipline, including its fundamental principles, appropriate methods to measure each property, many examples of the variations in properties in different soils throughout the world, and guidelines for the interpretation of the data for various applications (agricultural, engineering, and environmental).

This handbook assembles the core of knowledge from all fields encompassed within the discipline of soil science. It is a resource rich in data, which will provide professional soil scientists, agronomists, engineers, ecologists, biologists, naturalists, and students with their point of first entry into a particular aspect of soil science. The contributions serve those professionals seeking factual reference information on a particular aspect. The handbook provides a thorough understanding of soil science principles and practices based on a rigorous, complete, and up-to-date treatment of the subject matter compiled by the leaders in each field. In general, the following critical elements are present in each part: description of concepts and theories, definitions, approaches, methodologies and procedures, data in tabular and figure forms, and extensive references. <...>