Publications update

Guidelines for Analysis and Description of Soil and Regolith Thin Sections, 2nd Edition

By Georges Stoops

The second edition offers a practical system of analysis and description to those working with soil and regolith materials. It includes an introduction to micromorphology and its practice, guidelines to the study of thin sections, examinations of the microscopic features of soils and regoliths, graphics and color micrographs, and suggested description schemes and data tips.

Fieldwork Ready

By Sara Vero

Discover how to plan, conduct, and interpret field research with this essential new guidebook. Dr. Sara Vero maps out the fundamental principles, methods, and management techniques that underpin this crucial practice and offers trainee researchers an accessible introduction to the world of on-site investigation.

Harlan’s Crops and Man: People, Plants and Their Domestication

Edited by H. Thomas Stalker and Marilyn L. Warburton

This classic scientific and historical study of crops and their age-old relationship with human civilization is newly updated in an exciting re-examination of this rich topic. It includes studies of agriculture’s history and development; examinations of the histories and classifications of crops and weeds; explanations of taxonomic systems, gene pools, and plant evolution; and studies of crops by geographic region.

North American Agroforestry: Third Edition

Edited by H.E. ‘Gene’ Garrett, Shibu Jose, and Michael A. Gold

In the revised third edition of North American Agroforestry, an expert team of researchers delivers an authoritative and insightful exploration of an alternative land-use system that exploits the positive interactions between trees and crops when they are grown together and bridges the gap between production agriculture and natural resource management. It includes new material on urban food forests as well as the air and soil quality benefits of agroforestry, agroforestry’s relevance in the Mexican context, and agroforestry training and education.

The book also offers an introduction to the development of agroforestry as an integrated land use management strategy; comprehensive explorations of agroforestry nomenclature, concepts, and practices; discussions of tree–crop interactions in temperate agroforestry, including in systems such as windbreak, silvopasture, and alley-cropping practices; and examinations of vegetative buffers for air quality benefits, agroforestry for wildlife habitat, agroforestry at the landscape level, and the impact of agroforestry on soil health.

Soil Health, Volume One: Approaches to Soil Health Analysis

Edited by Douglas L. Karlen, Diane E. Stott, and Maysoon M. Mikha

The first volume provides a well-rounded overview of the various methods and strategies available to analysts. It covers the history of soil health, challenges and opportunities facing analysts, metadata and its assessment, applications to forestry and urban land reclamation, and soil health monitoring and evaluation approaches.

Soil Health Volume Two: Laboratory Methods for Soil Health Analysis

Edited by Douglas L. Karlen, Diane E. Stott, and Maysoon M. Mikha

This volume provides explanations of best practices to create and compile valuable, comparable data that can be used to reach incisive conclusions. Offering a practical guide to collecting and understanding soil health data, this volume will be of interest to those working in agriculture, industry, academic, and other sectors.