FUNCTIONAL-ECOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY OF SOILS

Authors
DOBROVOLSKII GV NIKITIN ED
Citation
Gv. Dobrovolskii et Ed. Nikitin, FUNCTIONAL-ECOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY OF SOILS, Eurasian soil science, 29(1), 1996, pp. 13-18
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture Soil Science
Journal title
Eurasian soil science → ACNP
ISSN journal
10642293
Volume
29
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
13 - 18
Database
ISI
SICI code
1064-2293(1996)29:1<13:FGOS>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The main problems of the functional-ecological geography of soils that deserve active development are considered. Among the first-priority t asks are the following: (1) origination of the theoretic basis of the functional-ecological geography of soils; (2) further development of t he concept of the ecological functions of soils; (3) application of th e functional-ecological approach in soil mapping with the use of moder n techniques; (4) compilation of the Red Book of Soils and other activ ities.