Pedodiversity
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Features
- Presents the contributions of international experts
- Discusses the state of the art of pedodiversity analysis
- Analyzes the relationships among biodiversity, pedodiversity, landform diversity, lithodiversity, and land use diversity
Summary
Soil diversity (pedodiversity) is part of our natural and cultural heritage. The preservation of the pedosphere is essential for the protection of the biosphere and the Earth’s systems, the regulation of climate, and for world food security. In this book, reputed international experts discuss the state of the art of pedodiversity analysis—analyzing the relationships among biodiversity, pedodiversity, landform diversity, lithodiversity, and land use diversity. The first of its kind, the book is intended to be a combined handbook, historical account of pedodiversity research, and essay on its future challenges.
Table of Contents
Pedodiversity: State of the Art and Future Challenges
Measuring Diversity of Environmental Systems
Nonlinear Dynamics, Divergent Evolution and Pedodiversity
Fractals and Multifractals in Pedodiversity and Biodiversity Analyses
Pedodiversity and Landscape Ecology
Pedodiversity and Landforms
Repercussion of Anthropogenic Landscape Changes on Pedodiversity and Preservation of the Pedological Heritage
Soil Endemism and its Importance to Taxonomic Pedodiversity
Pedodiversity Studies in China
