Bücher der Reihe Progress in Soil Science

The book considers soil-forming factors, cryogenic processes, and classification and distribution of Cryosols. Cryosols of the Arctic, Antarctica, and the high mountains are considered in detail. The chapters address cryosols and earth-system science, cryosols in a changing climate, cryosols databases and their use, and management of cryosols.

Sandy soils cover approximately 900 million ha worldwide, and there are extensive areas of sandy soils under cultivation. Most sandy soils have high water permeability, low water-holding capacity, low ability to retain and exchange nutrients, weakly developed soil structure and they may be prone to erosion by wind. As irrigation is required for obtaining good crop yields, there is a risk of substantial leaching of nutrients and pesticides, and ground water depletion. Due to global pressure on land resources, marginal soils such as sandy soils are taken into production or cultivated more intensely. Sandy soils ¿ as a group of soils with specific characteristics and ecological limitations ¿ have received limited research attention. This books presents the main papers from the Global Conference on Sandy Soils which was held in June 2023 in Madison, USA. This book focuses on novel and exciting aspects of research on sandy soils which is presented into three sections: Distributionand Assessment, Soil Carbon and Soil Health, and Water and the Environment. It presents a global glimpse on what recent progress has been in the study of sandy soil and their properties and management.

Soils in urban areas have multiple functions which are becoming more valued by urban communities: soils supply water, nutrients and physical support for urban plant and animal communities (parks, reserves, gardens), and are becoming increasingly valued for growing food.

This book introduces what sclerotia grains are, and where and how they exist in soils, by compiling the results obtained from the studies on fungal sclerotia formed by Cenococcum geophilum (Cg) and related species, the visible black small grains persistent for a few thousand to ten thousands of years in forest soils and sediments.

This book introduces the concept of soil security and its five dimensions: Capability, Capital, Condition, Connectivity and Codification.

This book is about digital soil morphometrics which is defined as the application of tools and techniques for measuring, mapping and quantifying soil profile properties, and deriving depth functions of soil properties.

This book is a state-of-the-art review of the physical, chemical and mineralogical properties of anthropogenic soils, their genesis morphology and classification, geocultural setting, and strategies for reclamation, revitalization, use and management.

This book is about digital soil morphometrics which is defined as the application of tools and techniques for measuring, mapping and quantifying soil profile properties, and deriving depth functions of soil properties.

Based on the "International Symposium of Molecular Environmental Soil Science at the Interfaces in the Earth's Critical Zone," this book focuses on the Critical Zone supporting life at the Earth's surface with emphasis on the new and emerging subject area of molecular environmental soil science.

This book presents, and quantifies, evapotranspiration in the soil-plant-atmosphere system as a catenary process, describing a variety of calculation methodologies for each stage and including a detailed presentation of the modified Penman-Monteith method.

This book reviews the latest in geographically referenced soil databases, exploring strategies for bridging research, production, and environmental uses of digital soil mapping. Includes examples from North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Soil Carbon

This book presents, and quantifies, evapotranspiration in the soil-plant-atmosphere system as a catenary process, describing a variety of calculation methodologies for each stage and including a detailed presentation of the modified Penman-Monteith method.

Based on the "International Symposium of Molecular Environmental Soil Science at the Interfaces in the Earth's Critical Zone," this book focuses on the Critical Zone supporting life at the Earth's surface with emphasis on the new and emerging subject area of molecular environmental soil science.

It addresses four main areas which are akin to the problems of conventional pedology: (i) Understanding the pattern of soil distribution in character space - soil classification, (ii) Understanding soil spatial and temporal variation, (iii) Evaluating the utility and quality of soil and ultimately, (iv) Understanding the genesis of soil.

This book describes and provides many detailed examples of implementing Digital Soil Mapping (DSM) using R. The book also introduces the basic concepts and practices for building spatial soil prediction functions, and then ultimately producing digital soil maps.

The importance to preserve soil and water have is increasingly recognized. Soil physics research has grown considerably specially in the use of innovative sensors, soil databases, and modeling techniques have been introduced into soil water relationship and environmental monitoring.

The importance to preserve soil and water have is increasingly recognized. Soil physics research has grown considerably specially in the use of innovative sensors, soil databases, and modeling techniques have been introduced into soil water relationship and environmental monitoring.

This book introduces the concept of soil security and its five dimensions: Capability, Capital, Condition, Connectivity and Codification.

This book reviews the latest in geographically referenced soil databases, exploring strategies for bridging research, production, and environmental uses of digital soil mapping. Includes examples from North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Proximal Soil Sensing presents a comprehensive account of data acquisition using proximal soil sensors. The text discusses high resolution digital soil mapping, which uses optical, geophysical, electrochemical, mathematical and statistical methods to collect information on soil.