Properties and Management of Forest Soils

Type

Book

Authors

William L. Pritchett

Richard F. Fisher

ISBN 10

0471895725

ISBN 13

9780471895725

Tags

Engineering, Agricultural Sciences, Trees, Forests & Forestry, Forests & Rainforests, Conservation, Agriculture

Description

Balanced coverage of the principles of soil science and their application to management of forest soils. Topics range from classification systems and biological, physical, and chemical properties of soils, to silviculture and current methods of tree nutrition and fertilization. This edition is updated to include new information on long-term productivity, soil management in different forest types, plus new chapters on tropical forest soils and predicting response to cultural practices. - from Amzon

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