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Title Soil quality for crop production and ecosystem health / edited by E.G. Gregorich and M.R. Carter
Published Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 448 pages) : illustrations
Series Developments in soil science ; 25
Developments in soil science ; 25.
Contents Chapter headings: Introduction. Soil Quality Attributes. Evaluating Soil Quality. Practical Applications for Soil Quality Assessment
Summary Soil is a complex body that exists as many types, each with diverse properties that may vary widely across time and space as a function of many factors. This complexity makes the evaluation of soil quality much more challenging than that of water or air quality. Evaluation of soil quality now considers environmental implications as well as economic productivity, seeking to be more holistic in its approach. Thus, soil quality research draws from a wide range of disciplines, blending the approaches of biologists, physicists, chemists, ecologists, economists and agronomists, among others. This book presents a broad perspective of soil quality that includes these various perspectives and gives a strong theoretical basis for the assessment of soil quality. A short glossary provides definitions for terms used throughout the book
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Soils -- Quality.
Soils -- Analysis.
Soil ecology.
Crops and soils.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Soil Science.
Crops and soils
Soil ecology
Soils -- Analysis
Soils -- Quality
Form Electronic book
Author Gregorich, E. G.
Carter, Martin R.
ISBN 9780444816610
0444816615
9780080541402
0080541402