Forest Soils: Properties and Processes.
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Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1977.
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9781442656338
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1 online resource (407 pages)
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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.
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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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Armson, K. (1977). Forest Soils: Properties and Processes. Toronto, University of Toronto Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Armson, Ken. 1977. Forest Soils: Properties and Processes. Toronto, University of Toronto Press.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Forest soil: what it is and how to describe it -- A look at soil -- The description of a soil -- 2 The architecture of soil: texture, structure, and porosity -- Soil texture -- Determination of soil texture -- Stones -- Soil structure -- Origin of soil structure -- Soil consistence -- Soil porosity -- Measurement of soil porosity -- 3 Colour, temperature, and aeration -- Soil colour -- Measurement of soil colour -- Soil temperature -- Soil temperature regimes -- Snow and frost -- Soil aeration -- Measurement of soil aeration -- Soil aeration regimes -- 4 Soil water: the lifeblood of soil -- Energy relationships of water -- Movement of water in soil -- Movement in layered soils -- Soil water measurement -- Soil moisture regimes -- 5 Soil organic matter -- The type and amount of organic matter -- The form and composition of litter -- Energy transformations and decomposition of litter -- The forest floor -- 6 Soil biology: organisms and processes -- Soil fauna -- The measurement of soil animals -- Kinds of animals -- Soil microflora -- The estimation of microflora populations and their activities -- Bacteria -- Actinomycetes -- Fungi -- Algae -- The rhizospere -- 7 Soil chemistry -- Weathering of soil materials -- Physical -- Chemical -- Clay minerals - products of weathering -- Cation exchange capacity -- Measurement of cation exchange capacity -- Anion exchange -- Soil reaction - pH -- Measurement of soil reaction -- Soil elements -- Carbon -- Nitrogen -- Phosphorus -- Potassium -- Calcium and magnesium -- Sulphur -- Iron and aluminium -- Manganese -- Trace elements -- Oxidation-reduction -- 8 Soil fertility -- Essential elements -- Measurement of soil fertility -- Elements in plants -- Elements in the soil -- Plant growth -- Plant-soil relationships -- Diagnostic and predictive techniques. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Visual symptoms -- Comparative chemical analyses -- Mathematical relationships -- General fertility considerations -- Fertilizer materials and their use -- 9 Soil classification -- History -- Units of soil and classification -- The 7th approximation and soil taxonomy - a world system -- The basis -- Diagnostic horizons -- Categories -- The Canadian soil classification system -- Categories -- Family and series -- 10 Soil surveys -- Soil surveys and the landscape -- Examples of soil surveys -- Comprehensive land surveys -- General soil survey - USDA -- General soil survey - Canada -- Forest soil survey - Japan -- Boreal forest soil survey -- The Netherlands - a large-scale survey -- Interpretation and use of soil surveys -- 11 Roots and soil -- Form and abundance of roots -- Methods of study -- Forms of roots -- Rooting volume of the soil -- Amounts and development of roots -- Root growth and soil properties -- Ecological and silvicultural aspects of roots -- 12 Fire and soil -- Effects of fire on forest soil properties -- Physical properties -- Chemical properties -- Soil organisms -- Ecological effects -- 13 The hydrolic cycle -- The water cycle -- General considerations -- Measurements -- Effects of soil properties -- Effects of vegetation -- Forest management effects -- 14 Nutrient cycling -- General considerations -- Nutrient inputs and outputs -- Atmospheric -- Geologic -- Biologic -- Internal cycling in the forest and soil -- The forest -- The soil -- Nutrient cycling in relation to certain ecological and silvicultural considerations -- 15 Forest soil development -- Factors of soil development -- Processes of soil development -- Additions -- Losses -- Translocation -- Transformation -- Conclusions -- 16 Soils and changing landscapes and use -- Soils and landscapes -- Geologic -- Vegetation -- Cultural -- The New Forest - a case history. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Location, area, and geology -- Settlement, culture, vegetation, and soils -- L'envoi -- Appendix 1 Procedures for soil profile description and sampling -- Soil profile description -- Soil sampling procedures -- Methods of sampling -- Numbers of samples -- Appendix 2 Common and scientific names of trees and shrubs -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y. | |
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