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This is a revised and updated version of the highly successful first edition. It continues to provide invaluable practical guidance in carrying out engineering geological logging of soil and rock samples and exposures in the field.

Soils --- Soil science. --- Rocks --- Identification of rocks --- Pedology (Soil science) --- Agriculture --- Earth sciences --- Earth (Soils) --- Mold, Vegetable --- Mould, Vegetable --- Soil --- Vegetable mold --- Agricultural resources --- Plant growing media --- Regolith --- Land capability for agriculture

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'Earth Matters' describes the importance of soil, the many ways in which we depend on it, and how humans have worked with the soil throughout history. Exploring the reasons for increasing recognition and respect for soil even among town and city dwellers, Bardgett concludes with a look at current efforts to stop widespread soil degradation.

Soils. --- Soil science. --- Soil and civilization. --- Civilization and soil --- Soils and civilization --- Civilization --- Soils --- Pedology (Soil science) --- Agriculture --- Earth sciences --- Earth (Soils) --- Mold, Vegetable --- Mould, Vegetable --- Soil --- Vegetable mold --- Agricultural resources --- Plant growing media --- Regolith --- Land capability for agriculture --- Soil science --- Soil and civilization --- 631.4 --- 631.4 Soil science. Pedology. Soil research --- Soil science. Pedology. Soil research --- Soil biology. --- Biology --- Natural history

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This book provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of the soils of Spain gathered by a variety of Spanish experts in the field. It presents soils in this country as particularly conditioned by the naturally diverse and drastic distribution of the Spanish landscape, characterized by mountainous ranges in the North, and arid areas in the South and the East. The first chapter sets the agricultural scenario in Spain as influenced by the Arabic culture and American agricultural products; the second chapter provides a classification and distribution of Spanish soils; the third chapter approaches the topic of soils in the characteristically humid Northern Iberia area as prone to diversity and soil evolution; the fourth focuses on the soils of the South and East of Spain as affected by lack of rainfall and abundance in calcic soil horizons; the fifth chapter deals with Mediterranean soils, having as a particular characteristic the dominance of red colors; and the last chapter discusses the challenges and future issues of Spanish soils.

Agriculture - General --- Ecology --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Agriculture --- Soils --- Earth (Soils) --- Mold, Vegetable --- Mould, Vegetable --- Soil --- Vegetable mold --- Agricultural resources --- Plant growing media --- Regolith --- Land capability for agriculture --- Soil conservation. --- Physical geography. --- Agriculture. --- Soil Science & Conservation. --- Physical Geography. --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Geography --- Conservation of soil --- Erosion control, Soil --- Soil erosion --- Soil erosion control --- Agricultural conservation --- Soil management --- Control --- Prevention --- Conservation --- Soil science. --- Pedology (Soil science) --- Earth sciences

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This book provides biological and agricultural insights into snow mold, a fungal disease affecting land plants observed after the melting of snow. Snow mold fungi can cause significant damage to plant growth both in agriculture and in the natural environment, but the interesting ecology and biology described here will capture the attention of scientists in diverse disciplines. The book describes diverse biological phenomena such as cold tolerance of snow mold fungi and plants and their interactions, occurring in an ecologically unique environment under the snow, which maintains constant low temperature and high humidity. Presented here are the unique strategies of snow mold fungi to survive in diverse habitats and the defensive mechanism in plants tolerant to snow mold fungi infection, as well as the conventional control methods using fungicide or cultural practice. Also contained in the book is speculation on the impact of a changing environment on snow mold diseases and their effects on agricultural production.

Life sciences. --- Agriculture. --- Microbial ecology. --- Plant ecology. --- Microbiology. --- Plant pathology. --- Life Sciences. --- Plant Pathology. --- Microbial Ecology. --- Plant Ecology. --- Eukaryotic Microbiology. --- Snow mold. --- Snowmold --- Fungal diseases of plants --- Turfgrasses --- Wheat --- Diseases and pests --- Plant diseases. --- Environmental microbiology --- Microorganisms --- Ecology --- Microbiology --- Botany --- Communicable diseases in plants --- Crop diseases --- Crops --- Diseases of plants --- Microbial diseases in plants --- Pathological botany --- Pathology, Vegetable --- Phytopathology --- Plant pathology --- Plants --- Vegetable pathology --- Agricultural pests --- Crop losses --- Diseased plants --- Phytopathogenic microorganisms --- Plant pathologists --- Plant quarantine --- Microbial biology --- Biology --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Pathology --- Diseases --- Wounds and injuries --- Phytoecology --- Vegetation ecology --- Floristic ecology