Soils of South Africa is the first book in seventy years that provides a comprehensive account of South African soils.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface and acknowledgements; Part I. Introduction to the Soil Groups and the Naming of Forms and Families; 1.1 The key to soil groups; 1.2 Description of soil groups; 1.3 Descriptive nomenclature for soil forms and families; Part II. The Soil Groups: Distribution, Properties, Classification, Genesis and Use; 2.1 Organic soils; 2.2 Humic soils; 2.3 Vertic soils; 2.4 Melanic soils; 2.5 Silicic soils; 2.6 Calcic soils; 2.7 Duplex soils; 2.8 Prodzolic soils; 2.9 Plinthic soils; 2.10 Oxidic soils; 2.11 Gleyic soils; 2.12 Cumulic soils; 2.13 Lithic soils; 2.14 Anthropic soils; Part III. Animals in Soil Environments; 3.1 Termites; 3.2 Termite - and ant-eating animals (myrmecophages); 3.3 Earthworms; 3.4 Golden moles; 3.5 Rodents; 3.6 Honey badger; 3.7 Insects and spiders; 3.8 Birds; 3.9 Large herbivores; 3.10 Elephants, trees and termites; Part IV. Profile descriptions and analytical data; References; Glossary; Appendix: Criteria for generating distribution maps for soil groups; Index.
