The textbook (1st edition published in 2006) sets out the fundamentals of soil ecology - an integral interdisciplinary science that combines teachings about the factors of soil formation and the ecological functions of soils, as well as the rational use and protection of soil cover as an irreplaceable component of the planet. Biogeocenotic and global soil ecofunctions are comprehensively characterized - hydrosphere, atmospheric, lithospheric, general biosphere, ethnosphere, natural and anthropogenic factors of soil formation and dynamics are considered, the state of soil resources and the principles of their conservation use, taking into account the conservation of biological and soil diversity, are highlighted. The legal aspects of soil and biosphere protection are discussed as conditions for the further development of earthly civilization, and the interdisciplinary significance of soil ecology is characterized. For soil scientists, ecologists, geographers, geologists - students, graduate students, university teachers, as well as workers in agriculture, forestry, etc.
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Dobrovolsky G.V. Soil ecology. The doctrine of the ecological functions of soils. – M.: Moscow University Publishing House, 2012. – 412 p.
The textbook (1st edition published in 2006) sets out the fundamentals of soil ecology - an integral interdisciplinary science that combines teachings about the factors of soil formation and the ecological functions of soils, as well as the rational use and protection of soil cover as an irreplaceable component of the planet. Biogeocenotic and global soil ecofunctions are comprehensively characterized - hydrosphere, atmospheric, lithospheric, general biosphere, ethnosphere, natural and anthropogenic factors of soil formation and dynamics are considered, the state of soil resources and the principles of their conservation use, taking into account the conservation of biological and soil diversity, are highlighted. The legal aspects of soil and biosphere protection are discussed as conditions for the further development of earthly civilization, and the interdisciplinary significance of soil ecology is characterized. For soil scientists, ecologists, geographers, geologists - students, graduate students, university teachers, as well as workers in agriculture, forestry, etc.
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Dobrovolsky G.V. Soil ecology. The doctrine of the ecological functions of soils. – M.: Moscow University Publishing House, 2012. – 412 p.
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