Ecosystem Services and Tropical Soils of India

• Main Author: Pal, D.K (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Agriculture.; Ecosystems.; Environmental geography.; Natural resources.; Sustainable development.; Climate change.; Environmental Geography.; Natural Resources.; Sustainable Development.; Climate Change.

This book highlights ecosystem services of Indian tropical soils driven by soil properties. Soils are complex and important biomaterials and have an outstanding role in providing ecosystem services to mankind. The tropical soils have been traditionally and generally considered as either agricultural...

Table of Contents:

• 1: Overview and Introduction
• 2: Agro-Ecological Regions for Better Crop Planning and Ecosystem Services
• 3: Organic Carbon Sequestration and Eco-System Service of Indian Tropical Soils
• 4: Is Soil Inorganic Carbon (CaCO3, SIC) Sequestration A Bane or A Hidden Treasure in Soil Eco-System Services?
• 5: Soil Modifiers (Ca-zeolite and Gypsum) as Ecosystem Engineers in Soils of Humid and Semi-Arid Tropical Climates
• 6: Degradation in Indian Tropical Soils: A Commentary
• 7: Summary and Concluding Remarks.