Search results for " Pedologia"
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The man from the glacier: Similaun Man
2015
Ötzi was a man who lived around 3,300 BCE in the Alps, who roamed mountains to hunt dears and ibexes, forestlands to hunt birds and collect fruits, roots, medicinal plants, and grew einkorn and barley in the valleys. He was also a shepherd and a skilled copper miner. The harshness of the environment in which he lived, similar to the current one in terms of climate and vegetation did not prevent the development of rather sophisticated forms of civilization, allowing him to modify the morphology of the terrain through terracing and favour crop cultivation.
Modeling soil organic carbon stock after 10 years of cover crops in Mediterranean vineyards: improving ANN prediction by digital terrain analysis.
2018
Estimate changes in soil organic carbon (SOC) stock after Agro Environment Measures adoption are strategically for national and regional scale. Uncertainty in estimates also represents a very important parameter in terms of evaluation of the exact costs and agro environment payments to farmers. In this study we modeled the variation of SOC stock after 10-year cover crop adoption in a vine growing area of South-Eastern Sicily. A paired-site approach was chosen to study the difference in SOC stocks. A total 100 paired sites (i.e. two adjacent plots) were chosen and three soil samples (Ap soil horizons, circa 0-30 cm depth) were collected in each plot to obtain a mean value of organic carbon c…
Humic substances along the profile of two Typic Haploxerert.
2002
In Vertisols, organic matter contributes to soil colour by formation of organo-mineral complexes and affects morphological, physico-chemical, biological and biochemical properties. Turbation may affect the chemical and structural composition of the most stabilised fractions of soil organic matter (SOM), i.e., humic substances (HS). The objectives of this study were to: (1) characterise SOM in two Vertisols (V1 and V2) developed under Mediterranean climate in Italy, using some HS characteristics as indicators of SOM turnover in Vertisols, and (2) explore possible differences related to the pedomorphologic conditions of the area under which two soils have formed. SOM evolution along the soil …
Fine-scale spatial variability of soil organic carbon and related environmental variables in a protected area of Sicily, Italy
2008
The institution of Natural Reserves has promoted, in Italy, the conservation and the environmental improvement of several areas and their physical and biological factors. Agriculture, forestry and every human activity are regulated to preserve their high ecological and naturalistic value. Land use, in particular, must follow careful rules to preserve the soil fertility and to limit the factors of landscape degradation. Maps of soil organic carbon (SOC) or soil organic matter (SOM) are of interest for agricultural management, resulting a very important soil fertility parameter, as well as in environmental policy related to the terrestrial sequestration of atmospheric carbon. Thus, a better u…
Resultados preliminares de el efecto en la substancia organica y la comunidad microbiana de la creciente antropizacion agricola en suelos de ambiente…
2010
La Carta dei Suoli irrigui della dominazione araba (827 – 1072 D.C. ) in agro di Castello Di Baida (Castellammare Del Golfo - TP).
2013
Fondamenti di Pedologia - 2° edizione
2016
Il suolo, complesso corpo naturale che risulta dalle interazioni fra biosfera, litosfera, atmosfera e idrosfera, ha sempre svolto un ruolo cruciale nel condizionare e determinare lo sviluppo economico, sociale e culturale dell'Uomo. La comprensione dei fattori e dei processi che sono alla base della sua genesi e della sua evoluzione così come delle loro sinergie, è essenziale per definirne le caratteristiche e le qualità e per apprezzarne le funzioni di produttore di beni e di servizi. La scienza che studia i suoli, la Pedologia, ne definisce e quantifica la morfologia, la genesi, le proprietà, la classificazione e la distribuzione come corpi naturali del paesaggio e costituisce anche l'ins…
I suoli di una toposequenza collinare nell’azienda vitivinicola Feudo Arancio (Sambuca di Sicilia-AG).
2010
Trasformazioni possibili nella destinazione dell’uso del suolo nell’area boscata di Mustigarufi (CL-Sicilia)
2008
Valorizzazione del territorio di Corleone (PA) sfruttando il potenziale enologico di uve della cultivar “Catarratto”: prove realizzate su tre tipi po…
2009
Gli Autori dopo aver descritto l'ambiente in cui si trovano i vigneti sperimentali passano ad analizzare la tecnica di gestione e la risposta produttiva.