Editors:
- First book of its kind that addresses pedometrics as a new discipline to study soil
- Real-world application for solving soil and environmental problems
- Includes topical issues, such as soil carbon sequestration
Part of the book series: Progress in Soil Science (PROSOIL)
Buy it now
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check for access.
Table of contents (23 chapters)
-
Front Matter
-
Part I
-
Front Matter
-
-
Part IV
-
Front Matter
-
About this book
This book presents the basic concepts of quantitative soil science and, within this framework, it seeks to construct a new body of knowledge. There is a growing need for quantitative approach in soil science, which arises from a general demand for improved economic production and environmental management. Pedometrics can be defined as the development and application of statistical and mathematical methods applicable to data analysis problems in soil science. This book shows how pedometrics can address key soil-related questions from a quantitative point of view. It addresses four main areas which are akin to the problems of conventional pedology: (i) Understanding the pattern of soil distribution in character space – soil classification, (ii) Understanding soil spatial and temporal variation, (iii) Evaluating the utility and quality of soil and ultimately, (iv) Understanding the genesis of soil. This is the first book that address these problems in a coherent quantitate approach.
Editors and Affiliations
-
Sydney Institute of Agriculture & School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Alex. B. McBratney, Budiman Minasny, Uta Stockmann
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pedometrics
Editors: Alex. B. McBratney, Budiman Minasny, Uta Stockmann
Series Title: Progress in Soil Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63439-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-63437-1Published: 07 May 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09693-9Published: 19 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-63439-5Published: 24 April 2018
Series ISSN: 2352-4774
Series E-ISSN: 2352-4782
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 720
Number of Illustrations: 123 b/w illustrations, 110 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Science and Engineering, Soil Science & Conservation, Agriculture