Soil science and management

Optimierungsmodelle werden immer häufiger zur Beschreibung des Verhaltens komplexer Systeme herangezogen.

Adaptation and evolution of terrestrial plants depend, to a large extent, on their ability to acquire nutrients.

In the last two decades technological advances in isotope ratio mass spectrometry have been very rapid, opening up new possibilities for analysis of biological and environmental materials.

Diese einzigartige Zusammenstellung gibt - vor dem Hintergrund globaler Umweltprobleme und der Einhaltung des Nachhaltigkeitsprinzips - einen aktuellen Überblick über die Leistungen, die Geologische Dienste für ihre Bürger bereithalten.

The study of soil nitrogen has long been an active field, but it was generally pivoted on agricultural and forestry production, and animal husbandry.

Environments at Risk is designed as an introductory text and uses case histories of environmental impact assessment to raise issues important in controlling environmental problems.

Conceptual separation of humans and natural ecosystems is reflected in the thinking of most natural resource management professions, including for- estry, wildlife management, fisheries, range management, and watershed management (Burch 1971).

This volume presents select papers presented at the 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics.

Acidification is a universal problem at all mining sites in which oxygenated water comes in contact with sulfide minerals or other reduced sulfur compounds.

This book analyzes the sustainability of community seed production under a rice-wheat farming system from microeconomic perspectives, considering how seed producers benefit from community seed production and how those benefits continue into the future.

The importance of irrigation in the world's agriculture is rapidly increasing.

This book presents cases from different countries with a main focus on the perspectives of using precision farming in Europe.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the current knowledge on the fate and interaction of pharmaceuticals in soil-crop systems.

From a new perspective, namely focusing on the interaction of selenium and mercury, this thesis provides new insights into traditional research on biogeochemical cycles of mercury in soil-plant interaction and associated human exposure and risks.

Towards sustainable land use Dr.

This book presents an important discussion on soil and sustainable agriculture from a range of perspectives, addressing key topics such as sustainable intensification, the FAO Voluntary Guidelines, and the crucial role of appropriate tenure rights.

Agriculture is a crucial component of the economies of many of the countries in transition from a centrally-planned to a market economy and the sector is by no means immune to the environmental and socioeconomic problems confronting the countries as a whole.

The main objective of this book is to present the distribution and diversity of major soil types in Serbia.

This edited book collates the research done mainly in Africa on vermicomposting and related technologies that can assist African smallholder farmers in making nutrient rich organic fertilizers from their animal and crop residue wastes.

This book highlights recent advances in the discipline of biogeochemistry that have directly resulted from the development of critical zone (CZ) science.

Dieses Buch wendet sich an Chemiker, Geo- und Biowissenschaftler im Hauptstudium ebenso wie an Praktiker in Industrie und im öffentlichen Dienst, die Altlasten oder Abfälle bewerten müssen.

Digital Terrain Analysis in Soil Science and Geology provides soil scientists and geologists with an integrated view of the principles and methods of digital terrain analysis.

This volume, written by 25 experts from industry and research, provides a comprehensive overview of commercially important and environmentally mobile organosilicon materials.

The current scenario of increasing sensitivity towards the sustainable agriculture has given a large space to extensively utilize natural resources that are environmental friendly and are a good replacement of chemicals in agriculture.

This book provides an overview of the distribution, properties, and function of soils in Japan.

This textbook provides practical guidelines on conducting experiments across the entire spectrum of environmental biotechnology.

The population explosion that began in the 1960s has been accompanied by a decrease in the quality of the natural environment, e.

Plant-parasitic nematodes are recognized as one of the greatest threats to crop production throughout the world.

Allelopathy is a fascinating and perplexing topic that concerns the chemical interactions of plants.

Soil and crop sensing is a fundamental component and the first important step in precision agriculture.

This book summarise advanced knowledge and methods to recycle waste and fertilise soils in agriculture.

Coastal aquifers serve as major sources for freshwater supply in many countries around the world, especially in arid and semi-arid zones.

In the field of biosensors the previous focus has been almost entirely on medical diagnostics.

Das Buch behandelt Möglichkeiten einer zukünftigen Energieversorgung am Beispiel der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

Ökologie und Ökonomie: Ihre Integration stellt eine wichtige Aufgabe für Ingenieure heute und in der Zukunft dar.

In any ecosystem, plant and microbe interaction is inevitable.

On the occasion of its twenty-fifth anniversary, in 1985, the Netherlands Society for Grassland and Fodder Crops (NVWV) agreed to organize an International Symposium on a topic related to intensive grass and fodder production systems.

Soil and Environmental Chemistry emphasizes the problem-solving skills students will need when they enter their chosen field.

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology attempts to provide concise, critical reviews of timely advances, philosophy and significant areas of accomplished or needed endeavor in the total field of xenobiotics, in any segment of the environment, as well as toxicological implications.

Soil and water pollution have a serious impact on the environment, and soil scientists and hydrologists need fundamental help for the estimation of the consequences.

This book reviews the potential mechanisms in arbuscular mycorrhizas (AMs), in the hope that this can help arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) to be more used efficiently as a biostimulant to enhance stress tolerance in the host plants.

This thoughtful and provocative book provides a concise, up-to-date presentation of how current and projected future phosphorus scarcity will affect legume growth and their symbiotic nitrogen-fixing capabilities.

Iron is a major constituent of the earth crust.

This book offers an introduction to the soils of Aotearoa New Zealand, structured according to the New Zealand soil classification system.

Der Eintrag von Luftschadstoffen ruft teilweise heftige Reaktionen in den betroffenen Ökosystemen hervor.

Tillage agriculture has led to widespread soil and ecosystem degradation globally, and more particularly in the developing regions.

This volume brings together contributions from world renowned researchers and practitioners  in the field of geotechnical engineering.