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Soils of Cerrados, the Brazilian Savannas
Cerrados are the savanna-like vegetation of central Brazil. The first accounts on Cerrado soilsCerrado soils date back to the 1950´s, but increasing...
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Soils from Brazilian Amazonia
The Brazilian Amazonia region can be conveniently separated into 11 sectors, which represent large pedoenvironments at a continental scale. In a...
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The Making of Brazilian Soilscapes: A Geosystemic Vista on Neotropical Pedology
We present an integrated overview of how soils in Brazil are interwoven with the geological and geomorphological aspects at the most important...
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Soils of Pampa Gaúcho, the Mixed Prairies of Southern Brazil
The Mixed PrairiesPrairies soils region of southern Brazil, popularly known as “Pampa Gaúcho”, constitutes one of the most important and exceptional...
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The Soil Regions: A Framework for Stratifying the Brazilian Soilscapes
We defined the basic soil regions that will be treated in each individual book chapter, encompassing a division based on general landforms, climate,...
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Soils of Pantanal: The Largest Continental Wetland
The Pantanal is a large tectonic depression located between the Andean slopes and the Brazilian Central PlateauBrazilian Central plateau, and the...
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Semi-arid Soils of the Caatinga Biome of Northeastern Brazil
Northeastern Brazil possesses a wide variety of environments, soils, substrates, and climates, although semi-arid conditions prevail in the core area...
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Soils of the Coastal Tablelands Under Atlantic Forest (Tabuleiros Costeiros)
The Coastal Tablelands (CT) or Tabuleiros Costeiros are formed by the extensive coastal sedimentary strip, along a north–south direction, with a...
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Soils of Campos Rupestres (Rupestrian Grasslands) of the Old Brazilian Mountain Ranges
Although there is a large difference in substrate and climate, all Campos Rupestres share common characteristics, which allow them to be grouped as a...
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Soil Health and Fertility
Soil as a natural resource performs various critical functions, out of which the production function is the basis for food and nutritional security...
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Petroplinthite formation in a pedosedimentary sequence along a northern Mediterranean coast: from micromorphology to landscape evolution
PurposeThe petroplinthic horizon is a layer of indurated material in which Fe is an important cement, and it pertains to the pedogenetic material...
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Soil and Its Role in the Ecosystem
Soil is highly heterogeneous body in the terrestrial ecosystem that has evolved through thousands of years of natural processes and has remained...
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In Situ Soil Moisture Conservation: Utilization and Management of Rainwater for Crop Production
The salient results of in situ soil water conservation technologies that have been extensively tested and found suitable for increasing soil moisture...
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Dear Soil, What Is Your Name?
The soil classification systems and the names of classification units (soil classes, soil types, soil orders, soil families) have been changed many...
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Soil-Plant Relations
SoilsSoils as plant sites are the natural sites for all terrestrial plants, develo** roots in the soil space that anchor...
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Pedoenvironments of the Mediterranean Countries: Resources and Threats
The Mediterranean regions possess, besides a great cultural heritage and an advanced economy and technology, remarkable environmental resources,...
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Introduction
The introduction begins with a narrative of the history of soil survey and classification in the Philippines, from the very first conducted by...
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Soil Classification
Soil classification is the orderly arrangement of soils according to some known or inferred characteristics. Soils are classified to organize...
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