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The Soil Resource. Origin and Behavior.
Hans Jenny
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Paperback. Series: Ecological Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBGB; TVB; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 693.
change is simply described by the rate of income and rate of loss. Our home's energy budget, our firm's inventory, our nation's debt, and humanity's numbers all have accounts that change at rates that are equal to the inputs minus the outputs. Jenny's "system view" of the soil was carried into the fertile fields of Midwestern American prairies from the laboratories of Switzerland in the late 1920s. Jenny's rate equations provided the other paradigm or world view that, I recall, brought us to the threshold of systems ecology as it later evolved in the second half of the twentieth century. ... Read more
change is simply described by the rate of income and rate of loss. Our home's energy budget, our firm's inventory, our nation's debt, and humanity's numbers all have accounts that change at rates that are equal to the inputs minus the outputs. Jenny's "system view" of the soil was carried into the fertile fields of Midwestern American prairies from the laboratories of Switzerland in the late 1920s. Jenny's rate equations provided the other paradigm or world view that, I recall, brought us to the threshold of systems ecology as it later evolved in the second half of the twentieth century. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Series
Ecological Studies
Number of Pages
378
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461261148
SKU
V9781461261148
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