The Soils of Brazil (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Schaefer, Carlos E. G. R.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Includes comprehensive examination of key soil taxa, along with color photographs and maps of Brazilian soils

Detailed classifications and descriptions of the Brazilian regional soils

Complements Springer's World Soils Book Series

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
• Seitenzahl: 488
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783031199493
• Artikelnr.: 67821552

Autorenporträt

Prof. Carlos Ernesto Schaefer (BSc Agronomy, PhD Soil Science Reading Univ.- UK) is professor of Soil Science at the Federal University of Viçosa from 1994 until the present days. He has conducted soil genesis, ecological and geomorphological studies in many parts of the world, including Africa, Australia, South America and Antarctica, and is one of the leading soil scientists in Brazil, having published more than 370 papers, and supervised more than a hundred pos-grad students. Carlos lives in Minas Gerais, Brazil. He enjoys gardening, poetry, biking, Brazilian music and traveling.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. A Brief History of Brazilian Soil Science (Carlos E. Schaefer).- Chapter 2. The Making of Brazilian Soilscapes: A Geosystemic Vista on Neotropical Pedology (Carlos E. Schaefer).- Chapter 3. The Soil Regions: A Framework for Stratifying the Brazilian Soilscapes (Carlos E. Schaefer).- Chapter 4. Soils from Brazilian Amazonia (Carlos E. Schaefer).- Chapter 5. Soils of Cerrados, the Brazilian Savannas (Virlei Álvaro de Oliveira).- Chapter 6. Semiarid Soils of the Caatinga Biome of Northeastern Brazil (José Coelho de Araújo Filho).- Chapter 7. Soils From the Atlantic Forest (Ademir Fontana).- Chapter 8. Soils of the Coastal Tablelands Under Atlantic Forest (Marcelo Metri Corrêa).- Chapter 9. Soils of Pantanal: The Largest Continental Wetland (Eduardo G. Couto). Chapter 10. Soils of the Southern Araucarias High Lands (Ricardo Simão Diniz Dalmolin).