Understanding Soil Change Soil Sustainability over Millennia,
Centuries and Decades - Daniel D. Richter and Daniel Markewitz
Across the world, soils are managed with increasing intensity,
yet we know little about how managed soils change through time.
This book uses data from the long-term Calhoun Forest Experiment
in southeastern North America to explore the legacy of soil
change in a region of ecological, agricultural and forestry
significance. The resulting synthesis provides lessons for land
management throughout the world and illustrates the need for a
global network of similar soil-ecosystem studies to provide
further information on sustainable land management, vital as
human demands on soil continue to increase. An essential book
for anyone interested in soils, in human dependence on soils and
on how human activities affect changes in soils and ecosystems.
The book provides an accessible synthesis of long-term
observations from the Calhoun Forest Experiment, USA, presenting
general conclusions from the