HANDBOOK OF THE EUROPEAN SOIL LANDSCAPES

European Soil Bureau Network

Editors: J. J. Ibáñez, W. Blum,M. Kibblewhite , Luca Montanarella

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Freddy NachtergaeleFAO

Ispra, 25-11-2004

Background

Juan Ibáñes has had discussions with several members of ESB on this project and after the SC meeting held in Barcelona has come up with a table of contents for chapters and possible authors for this work, which would make a link between soil scientists and ecologists and bio-geographers.

Objectives

• Agree on the idea of ESB sponsoring a book on the subject or not.

• Suggest improvements on contents.

• Identify authors agree and alternative authors of individual chapters

• Establish a timeframe and a work program

• Evaluate level of support and if a special ESB Working group is needed.

Introduction• Preface DG ENV

• Introduction Editors

• Handbook Structure and Rationale Editors

• What Are Soils and Soil-scapes W. Blum, J.J. Ibáñes, M. Jamagne, A. Dobos

• Soil forming Factors J. Schultz, S. Rivas R. Jongman

• Soil classification (WRB) E. Micheli, O.Spaargaren

• Soils of the World F. Nachtergaele, R. Dudal, H.Eswaran

• Soils of Europe M. Jamagne, R. Dudal, V. Targulian

Bio-Geographical Regions

Soils of the Bio-Geographical Regions of Europe

• Artic Sergey Goryachkin +

• Boreal P. V. Krasilnikov, A. Nyborg, A.Arnoldussen Å. Nyborg & V. Targulian

• Atlantic/Temperate M. Jamagne, J. Hollis, M. Kibblewhite.

• Continental W. Blum and V.Stolbovoi

• Steppic A. Bronger,P. Schad, Nestroy, M. Gerasimova

• Anatolian Selim Kapur

• Black sea T. Urushadze +

• Alpine Nestroy +

• Pannonian E. Micheli

• Mediterranean J. Torrent, J. Boixadera, P. Zdruli

• Macarronesian A. Rodríguez, J. Sánchez + Costantini

Content of each biogeographical region chapter

• Introduction• Soil forming factors (man included) and its variability• Dominant and singular pedogenetic processes ?• Dominant, associated and singular soil types ?• Soilscapes history• Major soilscape assemblages and its constitutive soils• Idiosyncratic soilscapes of the bio-geographical region• Past human impact on the soilscapes• Current impact on the soilscapes and soil quality• Soil in risk of extinction (soilscapes to be protected) • Paleosoils• Summary: the soils in the landscape• Appendix: Extension covered by the different soilscapes and

soil types

EUROPEAN SOILSCAPES STATUS AND RISK (Optional)

• Soil Degradation in Europe Van Lynden, W. Blum and A. Arnoldussen

• European Soilscapes and Past Climate ChangeJ. Cat , J. Boardman, R. Langohr ,R. MacPhail, R. Huggett and E.

Costantini

• Past Antrophic Impact on soilscapesH. Madsen, Wolf Eckelman, A. T. Grove, O. Rackham , S.Kepur

and R. Langohr

• A Rationale for the Design of a Network of Soil Reserves in Europe J.J. Ibáñez, L. Montanarella and E. Micheli

• Towards an New European Soil Information System L. L.Montanarella, D. King, J. Daroussin, C. Le Bas and N.Filippi

Annexes

• APPENDICES SMALL MAPS AND TABLES To be decided by decided (Coordinators,

authors and ESB Secretariat)

• Glossary

• References

• Index

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