The Soils of Spain
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
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Juan F. Gallardo Editor
The Soils of Spain
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
Juan F. Gallardo Editor
The Soils of Spain
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Editor Juan F. Gallardo Salamanca Spain
ISSN 2211-1255 World Soils Book Series ISBN 978-3-319-20540-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-20541-0
ISSN 2211-1263
(electronic)
ISBN 978-3-319-20541-0
(eBook)
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Preface
About 3 years ago, I was approached by Springer to write a book on Spanish soils that could become part of the international book series of Prof. Alfred Hartemink, The World Soils Book Series. I gave it a lot of thought, as involved a lot of time and effort, especially since I was (and still do) frequently travel to Latin American countries. In order to have the most complete and interesting content possible for this book, I decided to ask other experts in Spanish soils to participate in the project. After three long years of intensive discussions, writing, revising, and rewriting, the book is finally finished. The Soils of Spain gives a comprehensive overview of Spain’s soils and, in addition, of the status quo o