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Advances in Integrated Soil Fertility Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
Springer 2007; US$ 249.99Food insecurity is a central concern and a fundamental challenge for human welfare and economic growth in Africa. Low agricultural production, results in low incomes, poor nutrition, vulnerability to risks and lack of empowerment. Land degradation and soil fertility depletion are considered the major threats to food security and natural resource conservation... more...
Agriculture Practices and Policies for Carbon Sequestration in Soil
CRC Press 2002; US$ 239.95Kimble, a research soil scientist with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service National Soil Survey Center in Lincoln, NE, relates Senate appeals to the agricultural sector to heed scientific evidence on global climate change. These 48 contributed chapters are derived from a July 1999 symposium designed to generate dialogue between all stak more...
Amazonian Dark Earths
Springer 2008; US$ 199.99Amazonian soils are almost universally thought of as extremely forbidding. Associated with these are tracts of fertile, dark soils termed terra preta or dark earths. The late Dutch soil scientist Wim Sombroek (1934-2003) was instrumental in bringing the significance of these soils to the attention of the world. This title demonstrates his vision. more...
Applied Sedimentology
Elsevier Science 2000; US$ 102.00There are three types of rock?igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary. Sedimentary rocks form from the weathering, erosion, transportation and deposition of older rocks. Applied Sedimentology describes the formation, transportation and deposition of sediment, and the post-depositional processes that change soft sediment into sedimentary rock. Sedimentary... more...
The Architecture and Biology of Soils
CABI 2011; US$ 160.00Soil is a fundamental and critical, yet often overlooked, component of terrestrial ecosystems. It is an extremely complex environment, supporting levels of diversity far greater than any ecosystem above ground. This book explores how soil structure develops and the consequences this has for life underground. The effects of spatial arrangement, of soil's... more...
The Australian Soil Classification
CSIRO Publishing 2002; US$ 49.95Provides a framework for organising knowledge about Australian soils. more...
Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook
CSIRO Publishing 2009; US$ 52.95Specifies methods, standards and terminology used in soil and land survey investigations. more...
Australian Soils and Landscapes
CSIRO Publishing 2004; US$ 84.95A unique compendium of the most important and widespread soils of Australia and their associated landscapes. more...









