Overview
- Focuses on the soils of Taiwan
- Discusses past and present land use in relation to landscape
- Presents case studies, describing soil genesis and management issues
- Contains high quality photographs, graphics and maps
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: World Soils Book Series (WSBS)
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This book presents a comprehensive and up-to-date overview on soils of Taiwan. It includes sections on soil research history, climate, geology, geomorphology, major soil types, soil maps, soil properties, soil classification, soil fertility, land use and vegetation, soil management, soils and humans, soils and industry, future soil issues. The book summarizes what is known about the soils in Taiwan in a concise and highly reader-friendly way.
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Book Title: The Soils of Taiwan
Authors: Zueng-Sang Chen, Zeng-Yei Hseu, Chen-Chi Tsai
Series Title: World Soils Book Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9726-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-9725-2Published: 08 May 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-7823-7Published: 23 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-9726-9Published: 23 April 2015
Series ISSN: 2211-1255
Series E-ISSN: 2211-1263
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 127
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 68 illustrations in colour
Topics: Soil Science & Conservation, Agriculture, Physical Geography, Geoecology/Natural Processes, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences