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Author Keefer, Robert F., author

Title Handbook of soils for landscape architects / Robert F. Keefer
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (x, 272 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents 1: Use of Soil Surveys for Landscape Architecture; 2: Basic Information About Soils and Plants; 3: Parts of a Soil (Soil Constituents) -- Air, Water, Minerals, and Organic Matter; 4: Physical Properties of Soils; 5: Movement of Water Across Soils (Erosion); 6: Nature of Soil Erodibility; 7: Controlling Erosion; 8: Effective Water Use -- Irrigation; 9: Chemical Properties of Soils for Growing Plants; 10: Soil Nutrients (Soil Fertility); 11: Macronutrients -- Nitrogen; 12: Macronutrients -- Phosphorus and Potassium; 13: Macronutrients -- Calcium, Magnesium, and Sulfur; 14: Micronutrients
Summary Written in a clear, accessible style, this book covers the fundamental aspects of soil science with an emphasis on topics useful to landscape architects and professionals in related fields
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-255)
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Subject Soil science.
Landscape architecture.
soil science.
landscape architecture (discipline)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Soil Science.
Landscape architecture
Soil science
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1429401648
9781429401647
9780198028307
019802830X
1280529911
9781280529917