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Pedometrics

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Editors:
  1. Alex. B. McBratney

    1. Sydney Institute of Agriculture & School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

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  2. Budiman Minasny

    1. Sydney Institute of Agriculture & School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

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  3. Uta Stockmann

    1. Sydney Institute of Agriculture & School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

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  • First book of its kind that addresses pedometrics as a new discipline to study soil
  • Real-world application for solving soil and environmental problems
  • Includes topical issues, such as soil carbon sequestration

Part of the book series: Progress in Soil Science (PROSOIL)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Part I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-6
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    2. Scope of Pedometrics

      • Alex. B. McBratney, R. Murray Lark
      Pages 7-39

  3. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. Soil Statistical Description and Measurement Scales

      • Thomas F. A. Bishop, Alex. B. McBratney
      Pages 43-57

    3. Statistical Distributions of Soil Properties

      • Alex. B. McBratney, Budiman Minasny, Irina Mikheeva, Melissa Moyce, Thomas F. A. Bishop
      Pages 59-86

    4. Effective Multivariate Description of Soil and Its Environment

      • Alex. B. McBratney, Mario Fajardo, Brendan P. Malone, Thomas F. A. Bishop, Uta Stockmann, Inakwu O. A. Odeh
      Pages 87-112

  4. Part III

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
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    2. Pedometric Treatment of Soil Attributes

      • Uta Stockmann, Edward J. Jones, Inakwu O. A. Odeh, Alex. B. McBratney
      Pages 115-153

    3. Scaling Characteristics of Soil Structure

      • Ana M. Tarquis, Iván G. Torre, Juan J. Martín-Sotoca, Juan C. Losada, Juan B. Grau, Nigel R. A. Bird et al.
      Pages 155-193

    4. Pedotransfer Functions and Soil Inference Systems

      • José Padarian, Jason Morris, Budiman Minasny, Alex. B. McBratney
      Pages 195-220

  5. Part IV

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221
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    2. Soil Material Classes

      • Nathan P. Odgers, Alex. B. McBratney
      Pages 223-264

    3. Soil Profile Classes

      • Nathan P. Odgers, Alex. B. McBratney, Florence Carré
      Pages 265-288

  6. Part V

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 289-289
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    2. Classical Soil Geostatistics

      • R. Murray Lark, Budiman Minasny
      Pages 291-340

    3. Model-Based Soil Geostatistics

      • Ben P. Marchant
      Pages 341-371

    4. Digital Mapping of Soil Classes and Continuous Soil Properties

      • Brendan P. Malone, Nathan P. Odgers, Uta Stockmann, Budiman Minasny, Alex. B. McBratney
      Pages 373-413

    5. Vis-NIR-SWIR Remote Sensing Products as New Soil Data for Digital Soil Mapping

      • Philippe Lagacherie, Cécile Gomez
      Pages 415-437

    6. Uncertainty and Uncertainty Propagation in Soil Mapping and Modelling

      • Gerard B. M. Heuvelink
      Pages 439-461
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This book presents the basic concepts of quantitative soil science and, within this framework, it seeks to construct a new body of knowledge. There is a growing need for quantitative approach in soil science, which arises from a general demand for improved economic production and environmental management. Pedometrics can be defined as the development and application of statistical and mathematical methods applicable to data analysis problems in soil science. This book shows how pedometrics can address key soil-related questions from a quantitative point of view.  It addresses four main areas which are akin to the problems of conventional pedology: (i) Understanding the pattern of soil distribution in character space – soil classification, (ii) Understanding soil spatial and temporal variation, (iii) Evaluating the utility and quality of soil and ultimately, (iv) Understanding the genesis of soil. This is the first book that address these problems in a coherent quantitate approach.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Sydney Institute of Agriculture & School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

    Alex. B. McBratney, Budiman Minasny, Uta Stockmann

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