Bücher der Reihe World Soils Book Series

This book divides Antarctica into eight ice-free regions and provides information on the soils of each region. Soils of Antarctica is richly illustrated with nearly 150 images and provisional maps are provided for several key ice-free areas.

This is the first book to comprehensively discuss Ecuadorian soils. Richly illustrated, it provides information on the unique characteristics and distribution of these soils. Due to the influence of the Andes, which vastly modified the climate and parental materials, a relative small country like Ecuador has a wide variety of soil orders, rarely found in other countries. The country is divided into three distinctive regions by the Andes: The Coastal Plain, the Andean Highlands, and the Amazonia Region each with different soil development, influenced by the varying conditions in that region.It is also necessary to consider the Galapagos Islands as a separate region with a particular climate and parental material.

This book provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of the soils of Spain gathered by a variety of Spanish experts in the field. the third chapter approaches the topic of soils in the characteristically humid Northern Iberia area as prone to diversity and soil evolution;

This book divides Antarctica into eight ice-free regions and provides information on the soils of each region. Soils of Antarctica is richly illustrated with nearly 150 images and provisional maps are provided for several key ice-free areas.

This book presents a comprehensive and up-to-date overview on soils of Taiwan. It includes sections on soil research history, climate, geology, geomorphology, major soil types, soil maps, soil properties, soil classification, soil fertility, land use and vegetation, soil management, soils and humans, soils and industry, future soil issues.

This books gives a complete overview of the Soils of Slovenia, from soil research history, climate, geology, geomorphology, major soil types, soil maps, soil propoerties, classification, fertility, land use and vegetation, soil management, soils and humans, soils and industries and future soils issues.

The main objective of this book is to present the distribution and diversity of major soil types in Serbia. Special attention is paid to human-induced soil degradation due to the erosion and contamination of soils in Serbia.