The Soils of Greece

This book presents a comprehensive and up-to-date overview on soils of Greece. It includes sections on soil research history, climate, geology, geomorphology, major soil types, soil maps, soil properties, soil classification, soil fertility, land use and

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Nicholas Yassoglou Christos Tsadilas Costas Kosmas

The Soils of Greece

World Soils Book Series Series editor Prof. Alfred E. Hartemink Department of Soil Science, FD Hole Soils Laboratory University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison USA

Aims and Scope The World Soils Book Series brings together soil information and soil knowledge of a particular country in a concise and reader-friendly way. The books include sections on soil research history, geomorphology, major soil types, soil maps, soil properties, soil classification, soil fertility, land use and vegetation, soil management, and soils and humans.

International Union of Soil Sciences

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/8915

Nicholas Yassoglou Christos Tsadilas Costas Kosmas •

The Soils of Greece

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Costas Kosmas Agricultural University of Athens Athens Greece

Nicholas Yassoglou Agricultural University of Athens Athens Greece Christos Tsadilas Institute of Industrial and Forage Crops Hellenic Agricultural Organization Larissa Greece

ISSN 2211-1255 World Soils Book Series ISBN 978-3-319-53332-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-53334-6

ISSN 2211-1263

(electronic)

ISBN 978-3-319-53334-6

(eBook)

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This book is dedicated to the numerous eponymous and anonymous persons contributed in any way in the mapping, classification and research on the soils of Greece.

Preface

From ancient times up to date, agriculture has been the principle use of soil. It contributed in 2008 to the Greek economy at a percentage of 6.5% of the gross do