The soils of Brazil / Carlos E.G.R. Schaefer, editor.

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 envi...

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Main Author: Schaefer, Carlos E. G. R. (Author, Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2023]
Series:World soils book series.
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Table of 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.