Land-use change impacts on soil processes: tropical and savannah ecosystems / Land use change impacts on soil processes edited by Francis Q. Brearley, Andrew D. Thomas - UK: CABI, 2015. - x, 190 p. HB

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1: Land-use Change Impacts on Soil Processes in Tropical and Savannah Ecosystems: An Introduction
2: Effects of Land-use Changes on Biochemical and Microbial Parameters in Soils of the Andaman Islands, India
3: Evaluating the Impact of Oil Palm Agriculture and Logging on Soil Microbial Communities in South-east Asia
4: Microbial Functioning in Response to a Simulated Drought in Malaysian Rain Forest and Oil Palm Soils
5: Impact of Land-use Changes in the Amazon on Bacterial Diversity, Composition and Distribution
6: Acidification of Tropical Soils under Forest and Continuous Cropping in Thailand and Indonesia
7: The Importance of Soil Quality in the Safe Practice of Urban Agriculture in Zimbabwe, Kenya and South Africa
8: Urbanisation and Soil Nutrient Challenges and Opportunities: Lessons from Malawian Cities
9: Impact of Gold Mining on Mercury Contamination and Soil Degradation in Amazonian Ecosystems of French Guiana
10: Erosion and Sedimentation Effects on Soil Organic Carbon Redistribution in a Complex Landscape in Western Ecuador
11: Pastoralism and Kalahari Rangeland Soils
12: Changes in Soil Properties with Sugarcane Cropping in Mauritius
13: Patterns and Drivers of Soil Carbon Stocks And Isotopic Composition in Secondary Tropical Dry Forests of Costa Rica
14: Conversion of Pastures into Tectona grandis Plantations in Western Panama: Effects on Soil Properties and the Mechanisms Underlying these Changes
15: Land-use Change Impacts on Soil Processes in Tropical and Savannah Ecosystems: Emerging Themes and Future Research Directions


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Soils--Environmental aspects
Land use--Environmental aspects
Soil ecology

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