Land-Use Change Impacts on Soil Processes
Tropical and Savannah Ecosystems
Published on 29. September 2015
Book
Hardback
200 pages
978-1-78064-210-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines the effects that land-use changes (notably agricultural intensification, logging, soil erosion, urbanisation and mining) have on soil characteristics and processes in tropical and savannah environments. It covers a range of geographical regions and environments as impacts of land use change are often site specific. The effects of land use change on various aspects of the soil ecosystem from both a chemical and biological perspective will be examined.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Wallingford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 251 mm
Width: 174 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
625 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78064-210-9 (9781780642109)
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Francis Brearley | Andrew Thomas
Land-Use Change Impacts on Soil Processes
Tropical and Savannah Ecosystems
E-Book
09/2015
CABI Publishing
€57.99
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Persons
Francis Q. Brearley, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Andrew D. Thomas, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Editor
Manchester Metropolitan University
Aberystwyth University, UK
Contributions
Institute of Spices Research, India
Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, India
National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (Regional Centre), India
Columbia University, USA
Columbia University, USA
Barnard College, USA
Barnard College, USA
Content
1: Land-use Change Impacts on Soil Processes in Tropical and Savannah Ecosystems: An Introduction 2: Effects of Land-use Changes on Biochemical and Microbial Parameters in Soils of the Andaman Islands, India 3: Evaluating the Impact of Oil Palm Agriculture and Logging on Soil Microbial Communities in South-east Asia 4: Microbial Functioning in Response to a Simulated Drought in Malaysian Rain Forest and Oil Palm Soils 5: Impact of Land-use Changes in the Amazon on Bacterial Diversity, Composition and Distribution 6: Acidification of Tropical Soils under Forest and Continuous Cropping in Thailand and Indonesia 7: The Importance of Soil Quality in the Safe Practice of Urban Agriculture in Zimbabwe, Kenya and South Africa 8: Urbanisation and Soil Nutrient Challenges and Opportunities: Lessons from Malawian Cities 9: Impact of Gold Mining on Mercury Contamination and Soil Degradation in Amazonian Ecosystems of French Guiana 10: Erosion and Sedimentation Effects on Soil Organic Carbon Redistribution in a Complex Landscape in Western Ecuador 11: Pastoralism and Kalahari Rangeland Soils 12: Changes in Soil Properties with Sugarcane Cropping in Mauritius 13: Patterns and Drivers of Soil Carbon Stocks And Isotopic Composition in Secondary Tropical Dry Forests of Costa Rica 14: Conversion of Pastures into Tectona grandis Plantations in Western Panama: Effects on Soil Properties and the Mechanisms Underlying these Changes 15: Land-use Change Impacts on Soil Processes in Tropical and Savannah Ecosystems: Emerging Themes and Future Research Directions