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Preface and acknowledgements | p. 5 |
Introduction to the soil groups and the naming of forms and families | p. 9 |
The key to soil groups | p. 10 |
Description of soil groups | p. 12 |
Descriptive nomenclature for soil forms and families | p. 14 |
The soil groups: distribution, properties, classification, genesis and use | p. 17 |
Organic soils | p. 19 |
Humic soils | p. 25 |
Vertic soils | p. 35 |
Melanic soils | p. 45 |
Silicic soils | p. 53 |
Calcic soils | p. 63 |
Duplex soils | p. 73 |
Podzolic soils | p. 83 |
Plinthic soils | p. 93 |
Oxidic soils | p. 105 |
Gleyic soils | p. 115 |
Cumulic soils | p. 123 |
Lithic soils | p. 135 |
Anthropic soils | p. 143 |
Animals in soil environments | p. 149 |
Termites | p. 150 |
Termite-and ant-eating animals (myrmecophages) | p. 158 |
Earthworms | p. 161 |
Golden moles | p. 165 |
Rodents | p. 166 |
Honey badger | p. 168 |
Insects and spiders | p. 169 |
Birds | p. 171 |
Large herbivores | p. 171 |
Elephants, trees and termites | p. 174 |
Profile descriptions and analytical data | p. 177 |
References | p. 260 |
Glossary | p. 264 |
Appendix: Criteria for generating distribution maps for soil groups | p. 282 |
Index | p. 283 |
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