Understanding Soils of Mountainous Landscapes: Sustainable Use of Soil Ecosystem Services and Management

ISBN-13: 9780323959254 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 400 str.

Bhadouria, Rahul

Spis treści

1. Overview of mountainous soil 2. Soil-pedological and edaphological concepts 3. Soil formation factors and processes: Components of soil 4. Soil mediated distribution pattern 5. Soil processes under changing climatic scenario 6. Soil nutrient dynamics and vegetation pattern 7. Soil ecosystem services 8. Soil processes and agricultural practices 9. Soil and indigenous practices 10. Biochar-mediated microbial community dynamics 11. Thermal properties of soil (soil temperature, soil aeration, gaseous exchange, the influence of soil temperature and air) 12. Radioecology in mountainous soil 13. Soil biological processes (Carbon cycle, biomass, soil organisms and micro-organisms) 14. Soil water-plant interaction and relations in various ecosystem 15. Plant Functional Traits and regeneration 16. Global climate change, carbon flux and soil quality 17. Soil and anthropogenic activities in mountain ecosystem 18. Threats to mountainous soil 19. Conservation and management of mountainous soil (remediation and management strategies)