Soils of Tropical Forest Ecosystems
Subtitle: Characteristics, Ecology and Management
Contributors: Andreas Schulte (Editor); Daddy Ruhiyat (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 23, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9783540636076
Subjects: Applied ecology; Environmental Science; Management of land & natural resources; Soil science, sedimentology; Soil ecology; Field Crop Ecology; Rain Forests; Trees & Forests - Rainforests; Technology; Environmental Studies; Science/Mathematics; Tropics; Forest soils; Earth Sciences - Geology; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection; Congresses; Agriculture - General; Rain forest ecology
First sentence: When the International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC) was established in 1966, its main task was to collect soil profiles, soil samples and associated information representative of the legend units of the FAO-Unesco Soil Map of the World (FAO, 1974).