Amazonian Dark Earths: Origin, Properties, Management

by WilliamI.Woods (Editor), JohannesLehmann (Editor), Dirse C . Kern (Editor), Bruno Glaser (Editor)

• New

  Hardcover
  2004

  $383.13

  Dark Earths are a testament to vanished civilizations of the Amazon Basin, but may also answer how large societies could sustain intensive agriculture in an environment of infertile soils. Additional new and multidisciplinary perspectives by leading experts may pave the way for the next revolution in soil management in the humid tropics.