Soil and Vegetation Systems
2nd Edition
Published on 1. February 1988
Book
Paperback/Softback
220 pages
978-0-19-874138-1 (ISBN)
Description
A revised edition taking into account new information and ideas on soil and vegetation systems which have developed since the first edition was published. There are new sections on the effects of acid rain and nutrient cycling and a chapter updating the ideas and testing of models against available data. The author balances theory and interpretation with example and illustration.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
diagrams, figures, tables, bibliography
ISBN-13
978-0-19-874138-1 (9780198741381)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Part 1 Basic approaches: systems modelling of soil and vegetation. Part 2 Nutrient systems - components: basic models of soil and vegetation nutrient systems; the weathering input; the atmospheric input; the leaching output; nutrient cycling. Part 3 Nutrient systems - models of whole systems: models of input, output and cycling in whole systems; models of stability and change in whole systems; conclusions - a sense of the problem.