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The Soils of Ecuador

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Editors:
  1. José Espinosa

    1. Facultad de Ciencias Agrícolas, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

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  2. Julio Moreno

    1. Instituto Espacial Ecuatoriano (IEE), Quito, Ecuador

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  3. Gustavo Bernal

    1. Asociación Nacional de Cultivadores de Palma Aceitera (ANCUPA), Quito, Ecuador

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  • Highly illustrated book describing the fascinating and unique characteristics and distribution of Ecuadorian soils
  • Written by experts in the field of soil science
  • The first book to comprehensively discuss the soils of Ecuador
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: World Soils Book Series (WSBS)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Julio Moreno, Gustavo Bernal, José Espinosa
    Pages 1-25

  3. Soil from the Coastal Plane

    • Julio Moreno, Gustavo Sevillano, Omar Valverde, Verónica Loayza, Renato Haro, Johanna Zambrano
    Pages 27-77

  4. Soils from the Highlands

    • Julio Moreno, Fausto Yerovi, Mireya Herrera, Darwin Yánez, José Espinosa
    Pages 79-111

  5. Soils from the Amazonia

    • Darwin Sánchez, José Merlo, Renato Haro, Mayra Acosta, Gustavo Bernal
    Pages 113-137

  6. Soils from the Galapagos Islands

    • Lorena Lasso, José Espinosa
    Pages 139-150

  7. Agricultural Land Use

    • José Espinosa, Julio Moreno
    Pages 151-162

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 163-164
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This is the first book to comprehensively discuss Ecuadorian soils. Richly illustrated, it provides information on the unique characteristics and distribution of these soils. Due to the influence of the Andes, which vastly modified the climate and parental materials, a relative small country like Ecuador has a wide variety of soil orders, rarely found in other countries. The country is divided into three distinctive regions by the Andes: The Coastal Plain, the Andean Highlands, and the Amazonia Region each with different soil development, influenced by the varying conditions in that region.


It is also necessary to consider the Galapagos Islands as a separate region with a particular climate and parental material.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Facultad de Ciencias Agrícolas, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

    José Espinosa

  • Instituto Espacial Ecuatoriano (IEE), Quito, Ecuador

    Julio Moreno

  • Asociación Nacional de Cultivadores de Palma Aceitera (ANCUPA), Quito, Ecuador

    Gustavo Bernal

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