AgriHealth, 2023 Agricultural land in Sleman Regency has changed many functions, including constructing toll roads and settlements. The conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural land, without being balanced by the creation of new farmland, resulted in the ...
Isnaeni Sri Wahyuti +3 more
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The international dissemination of Russian genetic soil science (pochvovedenie), 1870s – 1914
Historia provinciae: журнал региональной истории, 2018 This article considers the international dissemination of the Russian innovation of genetic soil science, devised by a team of scientists led by V. V. Dokuchaev in the 1870s and 1880s, over the decades down to 1914.
David Moon
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Hydropedological Characteristics of the Cathedral Peak Research Catchments
Hydrology, 2022 It has long been recognised that the role of soils is critical to the understanding of the way catchments store and release water. This study aimed to gain an understanding of the hydropedological characteristics and flow dynamics of the soils of three ...
Rowena Harrison +2 more
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26th soil science society of east africa conference on theme "Strategic Management of Soil Resources to Mitigate Climate Change for a Prosperous East Africa Region" [PDF]
Tropicultura, 2011 L'Organisation des Nations Unies, face aux inégalités croissantes a initié le processus des Objectifs du Millénaire pour le Développement (OMD) qui doivent être réalisés d'ici 2015.
Soil Science Society of East Africa
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Reconciling critical zone science with ecosystem and soil science—a personal-scientist perspective
Frontiers in Water, 2023 The critical zone has been the subject of much discussion and debate as a term in the ecosystem, soil and earth system science communities, and there is a need to reconcile how this term is used within these disciplines.
Kathleen A. Lohse
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Los suelos, una nueva frontera para el conocimiento y las políticas ambientales
Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances, 2020 Despite its vital importance for ecosystems and societies, soil largely remains understood as an inert base, a backdrop for the biological and social life that exists at its surface. This special issue looks at the dynamics of production, circulation and
Germain Meulemans, Céline Granjou
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Remote sensing is a viable tool for mapping soil salinity in agricultural lands
California Agriculture, 2017 Soil salinity negatively impacts the productivity and profitability of western San Joaquin Valley (WSJV) farmland. Many factors, including drought, climate change, reduced water allocations, and land-use changes could worsen salinity conditions there ...
Elia Scudiero +6 more
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Soils: A new frontier for environmental knowledge and policies
Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances, 2020 Despite its vital importance for ecosystems and societies, the social sciences continue to understand soil largely as an inert base, a backdrop for the biological and social life that exists at its surface.
Germain Meulemans, Céline Granjou
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Standards vary in studies using rainfall simulators to evaluate erosion
California Agriculture, 2012 Rainfall simulators are often employed to measure erosion rates, in order to estimate stream loading of sediment and nutrients in California foothill watersheds.
Mark Grismer
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Soil testing for P and K has value in nutrient management for annual crops
California Agriculture, 2016 Adequate nutrients in forms available to plant roots are essential for sustainable crop production. Soil testing for phosphorus and potassium availability allows growers and crop advisers to determine whether a soil is likely to respond to fertilization.
Daniel Geisseler, Gene Miyao
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