Soil Health on the Farm, Ranch, and in the Garden

Kenneth E. Spaeth Jr. (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

IX, 370 Seiten

2021 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-40400-0 (ISBN)

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This book explores the importance of soil health in croplands, rangelands, pasturelands, and gardens, and presents new methods and technologies for assessing soil dynamics and health in these different land types. Through perspectives of agriculture, soil management, and ecological sustainability, the book provides accurate and up-to-date information on soil health assessment and maintenance that is often missing from current literature on conservation and environmental management and preservation. The book is written in a clear and concise format, and will appeal to non-scientists interested in soil health, as well as professional farmers, ranchers and gardeners.
The book begins by discussing soil health from a historical perspective, and in terms of how it is covered in the news currently. Then the author addresses the ecological implications of soil health in farming, ranching and gardening, and comprehensively details the physical, chemical and biological properties of soil as they apply in various land types. The book then examines soil health assessment using new diagnostic and analytic technologies, and how these new innovations will be necessary going forward to maintain and improve soil health.

lt;p>Dr. Kenneth E. Spaeth Jr. is a Plant-Soil Scientist for the United States Department of Agriculture. His career has included working with landowners and agencies on conservation planning and application, development of erosion prediction technology, hydrology research, ecological site technology, and data analysis of National Resource Inventory data.

Chapter1. Taming the Land, A Historical Perspective.- Chapter2. The Ecological Connection in Farming, Ranching, and Gardening.- Chapter3. Hydrology and Erosion Processes.- Chapter4. Cover Crop Dynamics on Hydrology and Erosion.- Chapter5. Vegetation Effects on Hydrology and Erosion: Grazinglands.- Chapter6. Organic Matter: The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth.- Chapter7. Soil-Hydrology-Plant Assessment Technologies for Cropland, Rangeland, Pastureland, and Gardens.

Erscheinungsdatum	09.11.2021
Zusatzinfo	IX, 370 p. 119 illus., 69 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	581 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
Schlagworte	conservation • Cropland management • Gardening • Pasture condition scoresheets • Rangeland management • soil amendments • Soil attributes • Soil borne diseases • Soil flora and fauna • soil genesis • Soil health assessment
ISBN-10	3-030-40400-5 / 3030404005
ISBN-13	978-3-030-40400-0 / 9783030404000
Zustand	Neuware