tailieunhanh - SOIL PROCESSES AND CURRENT TRENDS IN QUALITY ASSESSMENT

“Essentially, all life depends upon the soil. There can be no life without soil and no soil without life; they have evolved together.” - Charles E. Kellogg, USDA Yearbook of Agricul‐ ture, 1938. Natural processes and human activities alter the properties and quality of soils over time. The assessment of soil quality entails the evaluation of the capability of a soil to perform its functions not only in present scenarios but also how those functions can be preserved for future land. | SOIL PROCESSES AND CURRENT TRENDS IN QUALITY ASSESSMENT Edited by Maria C. Hernandez Soriano Soil Processes and Current Trends in Quality Assessment http 45835 Edited by Maria C. Hernandez Soriano Contributors Lajczak Han Elmira Rahim Saljnikov Dragan Cakmak Saule Rahimgalieva Mariusz Fotyma Carmem Fontanetti Janaína Escher Guilherme Maziviero Tamaris Pinheiro Cintya Christofoletti Raphael Souza Diego Antonio Franca de Freitas Marx Leandro Naves Silva Nilton Curi Mayesse Aparecida Da Silva Anna Hoffmann Oliveira Sérgio Henrique Godinho Silva Rui Guo WeiPing Hao DaoZhi Gong XiuLi Zhong FengXue Gu Maria-Luisa Barcenas-Arguello Gutierrez-Castorena Teres Terrazas Chun-Chih Tsui Horng-Yuh Guo Zueng-Sang Chen Agnieszka Rutkowska Drota Pikula Gustavo Klinke Neto Shinjiro Sato Mieko Yachigo Maria Luigia Giannossi Vito Summa Vito Imbrenda Maria Macchiato Mariagrazia D Emilio Maria Lanfredi Tiziana Simoniello Maria Ragosta Sjoerd . Van Der Zee Maria C. Hernandez Soriano Ana Sevilla-Perea Maria D. Mingorance Bart Kerre Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9 51000 Rijeka Croatia Copyright 2013 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution license which allows users to download copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes as long as the author and publisher are properly credited which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech authors have the right to republish it in whole or part in any publication of which they are the author and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the .