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A Handbook of Tropical Soil Biology

Author(s)

Eds: Fatima M.S. Moreira, E. Jeroen Huising, and David E. Bignell

Organization

CIAT

Media Type

Book

Published by

Earthscan

Web Link 1

www.ciat.cgiar.org/newsroom/e_newsletter/newsletter_04/enews...

Soils worldwide are under threat. With the human population steaming ahead to an estimated 9 billion by 2050, how can agricultural intensification take place without increasing the pressure on this precious resource? Based on a decade of painstaking research, Tropical Soil Biology is the first comprehensive guide for assessing and managing the potential impacts of agriculture on below-ground biodiversity. A result of systematic sampling in benchmark sites in Brazil, West and East Africa, Mexico, India, and Indonesia by some of the world's leading soil experts, it characterizes soil biodiversity in a range of environments, covering everything from the largest invertebrates to bacteria. Co-written by TSBF's Jeroen Huising, this in-depth guide aims to "provide internationally accepted standards for the inventory of below-ground communities, including sampling and characterization of land use in the humid tropics."