| Description |
1 online resource (x, 488 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
World soils book series, 2211-1263 |
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World soils book series.
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| Contents |
1. A Brief History of Brazilian Soil Science / Carlos E.G.R. Schaefer, and others -- 2. The Making of Brazilian Soilscapes: A Geosystemic Vista on Neotropical Pedology / Carlos E.G.R. Schaefer, and others -- 3. The Soil Regions: A Framework for Stratifying the Brazilian Soilscapes / Carlos E.G.R. Schaefer, and others -- 4. Soils from Brazilian Amazonia / Carlos E.G.R. Schaefer, and others -- 5. Soils of Cerrados, the Brazilian Savannas / Virlei Álvaro de Oliveira, and others -- 6. Semiarid Soils of the Caatinga Biome of Northeastern Brazil / José Coelho de Araújo Filho, and others -- 7. Soils From the Atlantic Forest / Ademir Fontana, and others -- 8. Soils of the Coastal Tablelands Under Atlantic Forest / Marcelo Metri Corrêa, and others -- 9. Soils of Pantanal: The Largest Continental Wetland / Eduardo G. Couto, and others -- 10. Soils of the Southern Araucarias High Lands / Ricardo Simão Diniz Dalmolin, and others -- 11. Soils of Pampa Gaúcho, the Mixed Prairies of Southern Brazil / Jaime Antonio de Almeida -- 12. Soils of Campos Rupestres (Rupestrian Grasslands) of the Old Brazilian Mountain Ranges / Carlos E.G.R. Schaefer, and others -- 13. Soils of the Brazilian Volcanic Islands / Carlos E.G.R. Schaefer, and others -- 14. Soils of Restingas / Pablo Vidal-Torrado, and others -- 15. Mangroves Along the Brazilian Coast / Tiago Osório Ferreira, and others -- Chapter 16. The Future of Brazilian Pedology: Pedometrics and Advanced Methods for Soil Survey / Elpídio I. Fernandes Filho, and others -- 17. Technosols and Anthrosols in Brazil: A Brief Account / Carlos E.G.R. Schaefer, and others -- 18. Insights into Brazilian Soils and Sustainable Agriculture Scenarios / Vinicius de Melo Benites, and others |
| Summary |
This book represents the first comprehensive edition, in English, on the soils of Brazil, in the challenge of illustrating all the biomes of a country of truly continental dimension. In addition to presenting the first geosystemic view of Brazilian soils, in all geological, geomorphological and environmental aspects, the book also makes a key contribution to the discussion of current topics in Pedology, such as Anthrosols, Technosols, Soil Management trends and sustainability, Pedometrics and advanced techniques of digital soil mapping. The soils of Brazil were conveniently stratified into sectors and treated within the different biomes, without neglecting any area of the Brazilian territory. Considering the aspects of the landscape of occurrence, climates, geomorphology and geology, each pedological region was abundantly documented with soil profile data and many fine original, three-dimensional illustrations and diagrams, made with care by the authors. Among the regions, the most important are the forested Amazon, the Central Plateau with Cerrados, the Caatingas of the northeastern semi-arid region, the Atlantic Forest in all known variants; in addition, the Restingas, Mangroves, Oceanic Islands, Wetlands of the Pantanal and the subtropical regions of the Pampa and Matas de Araucaria. The book is of great importance as the first published work on Brazilian soils, but it is of great interest to geologists and geomorphologists who study the tropics and subtropics, due to the novelty and scope of the work.-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Prof. Carlos Ernesto Schaefer (BSc Agronomy, PhD Soil Science Reading University, UK) is professor of Soil Science at the Federal University of Viçosa from 1994 until the present days |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Soils -- Brazil
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Soils
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Brazil
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schaefer, Carlos E. G. R. editor, author
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| ISBN |
9783031199493 |
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3031199499 |
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