Soils and Landscape Restoration provides a multi-disciplinary synthesis of the sustainable management and restoration of soils in various landscapes. This book presents applicable knowledge of above- and below-ground interactions and biome specific realizations along with in-depth investigation of particular soil degradation pathways. The book focuses on severely degraded soils (e.g., eroded, salinized, mined) and well as restoration of wetlands, grasslands, and forests. Soils and Landscape Restoration addresses the need to bring current perspectives towards land degradation and restoration in soil science and restoration ecology together to better incorporate soil-based information when restoration plans are formulated, to anticipate the effects of restoration treatments on soil processes, and to monitor soil health. Incudes a chapter on climate change and novel ecosystems collating the perspective of soil scientists and ecologists on this consequential and controversial topicConnects science to international policy and practiceIncludes summaries at the end of each chapter to elucidate principles and key points INDICE: 1. Restoration concepts - Making nature whole or returning to function? 2. Landscape Degradation and Restoration 3. Achieving Land Degradation Neutrality 4. Soils and Landscapes 5. Soil Ecology and Restoration 6. Soil-Plant Interactions and Restoration 7. Context Dependency and Aboveground-Belowground Interactions in Restoration 8. Sustainable Management of Forest Soils 9. Sustainable Management of Grassland Soils 10. Sustainable Management of Wetland Soils 11. Reclamation of Mined Lands 12. Reclamation of Salinized Lands 13. Reclamation of Eroded Landscapes 14. Climate Change Mitigation and Soils 15. Role of soils in assisted migration and restoration/conservation of plants 16. Bioremediation and Soils 17. Biochar for Soil Restoration 18. Soils and Restoration of Forested Landscapes 19. Restoring Fire to Forests: Effects on Soils 20. Soils and Restoration of Grasslands 21. Soils and Restoration of Natural Wetlands 22. Restoration of Acid Sulphate Soils 23. Soils and Restoration of Constructed Wetlands 24. Effects of Restoration on Soils 25. Climate Future and No Analog Ecosystems - How Important are soils?
- ISBN: 978-0-12-813193-0
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 416
- Fecha Publicación: 01/12/2019
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés