Soil science and management

Environmental Tracers in Subsurface Hydrology synthesizes the research of specialists into a comprehensive review of the application of environmental tracers to the study of soil water and groundwater flow.

This book collates, reviews and synthesizes information on how soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks differ among major terrestrial biomes of the U.

This book compiles all available and relevant information concerning the soils of Turkey, including the soil survey studies conducted by universities and governmental institutes from the early 1950s until today.

This book will focus on microbial services as an excellent strategy to face the current challenge of global agriculture, collecting the principal studies that used microbial services for improving cereal production, such as rice, beans, maize and wheat.

In the context of rising adverse effects of climate change on agriculture, there is a need for advanced methods and practices to manage soils for production of food and energy.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the origins, occurrences, and remediation strategies for organic micropollutants in the environment.

Biodegradation is the dominant pathway for the environmental transformation of most chemicals and information on a chemical's biodegradability is essential for proper risk assessment.

This text details the plant-assisted remediation method, "e;phytoremediation"e;, which involves the interaction of plant roots and associated rhizospheric microorganisms for the remediation of soil contaminated with high levels of metals, metalloids, fuel and oil hydrocarbons,  nano particles, pesticides, solvents,  organic compounds and various other contaminants.

This book provides insights into recent developments in the use of mulching in agroecosystems with emphasis on the major pros and cons.

This proceedings book focuses on advanced technologies to monitor and model urban soils, vegetation and climate, including internet of things, remote sensing, express and non-destructive techniques.

Environmental issues are growing in importance to the most important political, social, legal, and economic decisions.

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.

This book is the only comprehensive summary of natural resources of Oregon and adds to World Soil Book Series state-level collection.

The identification of inputs and outputs is the first and probably most important step in testing and analyzing complex systems.

Soil biota is an important and fundamental part of terrestrial ecology.

This is the first book solely devoted to Cryopedology, the study of soils of cold regions.

Agriculture is currently facing multi-faceted threats in the form of unpredictable weather variability, frequent droughts and scarcity of irrigation water, together with the degradation of soil resources and declining environmental health.

This book addresses issues related to sources of groundwater pollution such as arsenic, uranium, fluoride and their effects on human health.

This book comprises select proceedings of the annual conference of the Indian Geotechnical Society.

Recent years have brought an upsurge of interest in the study of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, partly due to the realization that the effective utilization of these symbiotic soil fungi is likely to be essential in sustainable agriculture.

This volume contains the proceedings of the International Sym- posium on North Sea Dynamics which was held in Hamburg, August 31 - September 4, 1981.

Several textbooks and edited volumes are currently available on general soil fertility but to date none have been dedicated to the study of "e;Sustainable Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Soil.

Traditional reliance on chemical analysis to understand the direction and extent of treatment in a bioremediation process has been found to be inadequate.

Minimize loss of revenue and the downtime of critical assets by avoiding foundation cracking, poor bonds, and initial alignment changes.

Umweltbelastung bedeutet nicht nur Schadstoffe in die Umwelt abzugeben, die Menschen, Tiere und Pflanzen beeinträchtigen.

This text details the plant-assisted remediation method, "e;phytoremediation,"e; which involves the interaction of plant roots and associated rhizospheric microorganisms for the remediation of soil contaminated with high levels of metals, pesticides, solvents, radionuclides, explosives, crude oil, organic compounds and various other contaminants.

This book contributes to a deeper understanding of landscape and regional modelling in general, and its broad range of facets with respect to various landscape parameters.

Es ist von größter Bedeutung, die Lebewesen im Gartenboden zu kennen und zu fördern sowie die Abläufe im Boden zu verstehen.

Long-run interactions between the economy and the natural environment are studied from all points of view.

This book presents an important discussion on the implementation of sustainable soil management in Africa from a range of governance perspectives.

The frrst attempts to use physical methods in agriculture can be found in nineteenth century as a necessary component of farm and food machinery.

Most landslides are triggered by rainfall.

Few topics cut across the soil science discipline wider than research on soil carbon.

The Working Group M.

Die Werk eignet sich als erste Einführung in Bodenmechanik und Grundbau.

This preface is being written at a time of exceptional public interest in the North Sea, following media head- lines on toxic algal blooms, the mass mortality of common seals, and concern over pollution levels.

Pollution is one of the most serious issues facing mankind and other life forms on earth.

This book enhances the discussion of anthropized soils with photographs of soil profiles and provides general information about soils in Japan, using data on their physical and chemical properties.

"e;awareness"e; of the world's citizens and encourage governments to devote more attention and resources to address this issue.

Soil analysis is critically important in the management of soil-based production systems.

It is our pleasure to present this large body of information and thoughts of many mineral scientists which has accumulated over decades.

This updated second edition textbook explains the different technologies of agronomy to achieve a more sustainable agriculture, for undergraduate and graduate students of agronomy.

Soil as World Heritage celebrates a half century of field experiments on the Balti Steppe, in Moldova - where Dokuchaev first described the Typical Chernozem in 1877, protected from the elements by a unique system of shelter belts designed by the great man, and now provisionally listed as the first World Heritage Site for soil.

This book focuses on the nature and properties of soils of Hindu Kush-Himalayas and their management for agricultural land use.

Boden-, Luft- und Grundwasserverunreinigungen durch gesundheitsgefährdende Abfallstoffe z.

Water Pollution is a subject of growing concern in our industrial world.

This book describes and comprehensively illustrates the soils of the world in accordance with the worldwide WRB classification.