Soil Health and Sustainability in Spain and Portugal
- 321 pages
- English
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Soil Health and Sustainability in Spain and Portugal
About this book
An authoritative exploration of soil health management and land-use strategies in the Iberian Peninsula
In Soil Health and Sustainability in Spain and Portugal, a team of distinguished researchers delivers an authoritative overview and soil health assessment of the Iberian Peninsula focusing on agrosystems and forests. The book explores the potential effects of different management and land-use strategies.
The Iberian Peninsula, a famously diverse area of land — in terms of climate, landscape, and soil — faces unique and varied limitations on agricultural production and soil conservation. This book addresses these limitations and provides a vision of how newly developed and traditional soil management techniques can induce changes in soil health.
Readers will also find:
- Thorough comparisons of different approaches to soil health assessment in the Iberian Peninsula
- Comprehensive explorations of soil health evaluation in arid conditions and irrigated soils
- Practical discussions of the resilience of agrosystems developed to address climate change
- Treatments for forest and croplands soil health in Spain and Portugal
Perfect for soil and agricultural scientists, Soil Health and Sustainability in Spain and Portugal will also benefit anyone with an interest in sustainability issues in the Iberian Peninsula.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Soil Health Insights from Spain and Portugal
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Soil Health in the Iberian Peninsula
- Chapter 2 Soil Health Evaluation for Permanent Crops Under Semiarid Mediterranean Conditions: Principles, Processes, Practices, and Policy Options
- Chapter 3 Soil Health and Agricultural Production of Diversified Crops in Southeastern Spain
- Chapter 4 Urban Soil Health: A Case Study from Northwestern Spain
- Chapter 5 Management Practices and Land Use to Enhance Soil Health of Highly Weathered Degraded Acid Soils in the Iberian Peninsula
- Chapter 6 Can Irrigation Enhance Soil Health? Multi-Scale Analysis of Its Effects on Agricultural Soils in Navarre, Spain
- Chapter 7 Applicability of Visual Assessment for Evaluating Soil Health in Managed Planted Forests in Northern Spain
- Chapter 8 Soil Health After >25 Years of Sewage Sludge Application in Arable Crops in Northern Spain
- Chapter 9 Soil Health in Forest and Agroforestry Systems in Portugal
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