Soils of South Africa
By: Martin Fey ; with contributions from Jeff Hughes ... [et al.] ; sponsored by the EJ Lombardi Trust
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781107000506
Subjects: Soils
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I:  Introduction to the soil groups and the naming of forms and families: The key to soil groups ;  Description of soil groups ; Descriptive nomenclature for soil forms and families; title: Part II: The soil groups: distribution, properties, classification, genesis and use: Organic soils ; Humic soils ; Vertic soils ; Melanic soils ; Silicic soils ;Calcic soils ; Duplex soils ; Prodzolic soils ; Plinthic soils ; Oxidic soils ; Gleyic soils ; Cumulic soils ; Lithic soils  ; Anthropic soils; title: Part III:  Animals in soil environments: Termites ; Termite - and ant-eating animals (myrmecophages) ; Earthworms ; Golden moles ; Rodents ; Honey badger ; Insects and spiders ; Birds ; Large herbivores ; Elephants, trees and termites; title: Part IV:  Profile descriptions and analytical data.