Forest Soils: Properties and Processes

✍ Scribed by Ken Armson

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Year: 1977
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 406
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This is a comprehensive study of forest soils for foresters, wildlife and park managers, ecologists, and others interested in forest soils. It provides a valuable text for introductory and more advanced courses.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. Forest soil: what it is and how to describe it
2. The architecture of soil: texture, structure, and porosity
3. Colour, temperature, and aeration
4. Soil water: the lifeblood of soil
5. Soil organic matter
6. Soil biology: organisms and processes
7. Soil chemistry
8. Soil fertility
9. Soil classification
10. Soil surveys
11. Roots and soil
12. Fire and soil
13. The hydrologie cycle
14. Nutrient cycling
15. Forest soil development
16. Soils and changing landscapes and use
Appendix 1: Procedures for soil profile description and sampling
Appendix 2: Common and scientific names of trees and shrubs
References
Index