附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminaries; TABLE OF CONTENTS; List of Authors; Preface; Foreword; Chapter 1: Development of Anthrosol Research; Chapter 2: Historical Perspectives on Amazonian Dark Earths; Chapter 3: Historical and Socio-cultural Origins of Amazonian Dark Earths; Chapter 4: Distribution of Amazonian Dark Earths in the Brazilian Amazon; Chapter 5: Classification of Amazonian Dark Earths and other Ancient Anthropic Soils; Chapter 6. Soil Fertility and Production Potential; Chapter 7: Amazonian Dark Earths as Carbon Stores and Sinks; Chapter 8: Soil Organic Matter Stability in Amazonian Dark Earths.
摘要:Amazonian Dark Earths are not only a testament to the vanished civilizations of the Amazon Basin, but may provide the answer to how the large, sophisticated societies were able to sustain intensive agriculture in an environment with mostly infertile soils.
