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AGENCIES & LINKS

INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES & LINKS REGIONAL AGENCIES & LINKS

INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES

AGENCIES AND CENTRES LINKS AND DIRECTORIES

• ESB: European Soil Bureau

• ETC/S: European Topic Centre on Soil

• IALC: The International Arid Lands Consortium

• ISRIC: International Soil Reference and Information Centre

• ISSS: International Society of Soil Science

• WEPAL: Wageningen Evaluating Programmes for Analytical Laboratories incl. Intern. Soil-Analytical Exchange

• WSR: World Soil Resources Web Site - USDA

• DAINET: Informationsangebote zu Boden

• NSCSS: Soil Science Links

• Soils and Substrates - Excellent Site!

• Soil Science Links: Bodenkundliche Seiten im Internet, Uni.-GH Paderborn

• Soil Science Pointers: Massey Univ, Dept of Soils, New Zealand

• Soil Science Resources: ORES

• Soil Science Servers: Univ of Missouri-Columbia, U.S.A.

• Soil Solutions: A Web Soil Science Resource

• Soil Wide Web: Association of Italian Pedologist

• Soil Web Sites: Univ of Florida

• Webdirectory: Science - Agriculture - Soil Science

• Yahoo Search Engine: Soil Science Links

REGIONAL RESOURCES

AFRICA ASIA-PACIFIC EUROPE GERMANY NORTH AMERICA

• Soil Fert Net: Soil Fertility Network for Maize-Based Farming Systems in Malawi and Zimbabwe

• Stellenbosch Univ: Soil and Agricultural Water Science, R.S.A.

• Adelaide Univ - Soil Science

• Centre of Tropical Soil Studies - Malaysia

• Chinese Academy of Sciences: Institute of Soil Science

• CSIRO: Division of Soils

• Gadjah Mada Univ, Indonesia - Dept of Soil Science

• NIVOT, Japan - Dept of Plant Protection and Soil Science

• Queensland Univ - Soil Science

• Western Australia Univ - Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Group

• Massey Univ - New Zealand

­ Cybersoils: Dept of Soils

• Univ of the Philippines at Los Baños (UPLB) - Farming Systems and Soil Resources Institute (FSSRI)

• 14-Day Soil Moisture Outlook for South Asia

• Bratislava International Cooperation: - Soil Fertility Research Institute

• Danish Institute of Plant and Soil Science: Min of Agriculture and Fisheries

• Gent Univ: Dept of Geology and Soil Science

• JORDFORSK: Centre for Soil and Environmental Research

• Lomonosov Moscow State Univ: Soil Science Faculty

• Reading Univ: Dept of Soil Science

• Rothamsted: Soil Science Dept

• Uppsala Univ: Soil Science Dept

• Wageningen Agricultural Univ: Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

• Wageningen, SC-DLO: DLO Winand Staring Centre for Integrated Land, Soil and Water Research

• Vienna, BOKU: Universität für Bodenkultur

• Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR): Bodenkunde

• Bayreuth: Abt. Bodenphysik, Institut für Bodenkunde ...

• Berlin: Humboldt-Univ., Bodenkunde und Standortlehre

• Bonn: Institut für Bodenkunde

• Dresden: Institut für Bodenkunde und Standortslehre

• Freising: Bodenkunde und Standortslehre

• GSF: Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit, Institut für Bodenökologie

• Geisenheim: Bodenkunde und Pflanzenernährung

• Giessen: Bodenkunde und Bodenerhaltung

• Göttingen: Institut für Bodenkunde (IfB)

• Hamburg: Institut für Bodenkunde (IFB)

• Hannover: Institut für Bodenkunde (IFB)

• Hohenheim: Institut für Bodenkunde und Standortslehre

• Kiel: Institut für Pflanzenernährung und Bodenkunde

• Osnabrück: Studiengang Bodenwissenschaften

• Paderborn: Uni-GH, Abt. Bodenkunde

• Rostock: Institut für Bodenkunde

• AgriWeb Canada - Soil Science / Pédologie

• Macdonald Campus of McGill Univ - Canada

• Soil Science Society of America

­ SSSA Divisions of Interest

­ S-7: Forest & Range Soils

• NRCS - Soils Data Bases - Natural Resources Conservation Service, Iowa State Univ

­ NRCS-NSDAF:National Soils Data Access Facility

• NCSU Soil Science Web Serve

• NSCSS Pedology Page - National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists

• Baton Rouge Univ - Soil and Water Research Unit

• California Univ Davis - Soils and Biogeochemistry Home Page

­ Pedology Links of Interest

• California Polytechnical, San Luis Obispo - Soil Science

• Cornell Univ - Dept of Soil, Crop and Atmospheric Sciences

• Delaware Univ - Dept of Plant and Soil Science

• Florida Univ - Soil and Water Science Dept

• Georgia Univ - Crop and Soil Sciences Dept

• Hawaii Univ Manoa - Agronomy and Soil Science

• Mass Univ Amherst - Plant and Soil Sciences

• Michigan State Univ - Dept of Crop and Soil Sciences

• Minnesota Univ - Soil Science

• Missouri Univ - Columbia: Soil and Atmospheric Sciences

• Montana State Univ - Bozeman: Plant, Soil & Environmental Sciences

• New England Univ - Dept of Agronomy and Soil Science

• North Carolina State Univ - Dept of Soil Science

• Oregon State Univ - Crop and Soil Science, It's not just Dirt...

• Texas A&M Univ - Soil and Crop Sciences

• Vermont Univ - Plant and Soil Science Dept

• Washington State Univ - Dept of Crop and Soil Sciences

• Wyoming Univ - Dept Agroecology

• Wisconsin Univ - Madison: Soil Science

SOIL INFORMATION SYSTEMS

SOIL INFORMATION SYSTEMS SOIL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS NATURAL RESOURCES INFORMATION SYSTEMS INFORMATIONSSYSTEME IN DEUTSCHLAND

• Soil Information Systems

• CanSIS: Canadian Soil Information System

• ISRIC-ISIS: Soil Information System of International Soil Reference and Information Center

• NASIS: US National Soil Information System

• National Soil Data Access Facility

• Soil Information for Environmental Modeling

• Global Soil Data Sets: GLASOD, Zobler, Bouwman ...

­ GLASOD Digital Database: Global Assessment of Human Induced Soil Degradation

­ SOils and TERrain (SOTER) Digital Database

­ GRASS Database Development for Hungary

• HYPRES Database: HYdraulic PRoperties of European Soils

• Zobler World Soils Data

• Worldwide Organic Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Data

• Canada: The Great Groups of Soils

• Indigenous Soil Classifications: Their structure and function, and how they compare with scientific soil classifications.

• Keys to the U.S. Soil Taxonomy - Excellent Site!

­ Revisions to the Soil Taxonomy Handbook: Downloadable MS Word6 + RTF Files

• Keys to the FAO/Unesco Soil Classification Scheme

• Key to the FAO Soil Units - Extract from the 1974 Legend of the Soil Map of the World

• AgDB: Agriculture-Related Information Systems, Databases, and Datasets

• EOS: NASA's Earth Observing System

• AG Bodeninformationssystem 1989

• AlfaWeb: Altlasten-Fachinformationen im WWW

• FISBo BGR: Bodeninformationssystem der BGR

• FIS-ELF: Fachinformationssystem Ernährung, Land- u. Forstwirtschaft

• GEOSUM: GEOinformationsSystem UMwelt Niedersachsen

• UIS: Umweltinformationssysteme - Forschungsprojekt ILR Hannover

• ZUDIS: Zentrale & Internationale Umweltdaten-Informationssysteme

MISCELLANEOUS SOIL TOPICS

BASIC SOIL SCIENCE DEGRADATION & EROSION PROTECTION & CONSERVATION SOIL MAP IMAGES SOIL PROFILE IMAGES SOIL SURVEY RESOURCES SPECIAL SOIL SUBJECTS

• Biogeography and Pedology

• ELDIS: Electronic Soil Sources

• GLOBE: Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment

| Soil Moisture Home Page | Soil Moisture Reference Data Images |

• Understanding Soil Processes

• Bodenerosionsatlas Baden-Württemberg

• ECTC: The Erosion Control Technology Council

• Geoindicator: Soil and sediment erosion

• IECA: International Erosion Control Association

• Rainfall Simulation Database: British Geomorphological Research Group (BGRG)

• Soil Erosion Laboratory - Univ of Toronto

• USDA-NSERL: National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory

• Wind Erosion Research Unit - Kansas State Univ

• Bodenkonvention - The Soil Convention in Deutsch, English, Español, and Français

• Bodenschutz-Projekt Kehl: EU-Normen, Bundesrecht, Landesrecht Baden-Württemberg

­ BBodSchG: Bundes-Bodenschutzgesetz

• Boden(schutz) in Deutschland: Demonstration von Öko-Media

• Conservation Choices: Best Management Practices

• Conservation Choices: Guide to 30 Conservation and Environmental Farming Practices

• Conservation Practices For Natural Resource Management

• FAO-AGLS: Soil Conservation

• NRCS: Natural Resources Conservation Service (U.S.A.)

• Soil Protection: Bundesamt für Umwelt, Wald und Landschaft, Switzerland

• Soil and Water Conservation Management

• SWCS: The Soil and Water Conservation Society

• WSU: Dryland Cropping System Information Source

• FAO/UNESCO Global Soils Map for Europe

• FAO Soil Map of the World

­ FAO Digitized Soil Map of the World - General & Contact Information, for Purchasing E-mail FAO

• Main Soils in Mexico

• Soil Landscape Map of Germany

• Soil Map of Canada

• Soil Map of Ireland

• Soil Map and Satellite Image of Israel

• Soils of Australia: digital version of the Atlas of Australian Soils

• Zobler World Soils Map

• Soil Profiles of Europe Excellent and comprehensive collection

• Soil Images Database of Britain

• GLOBE: Soil Profile Images

• Harradine Soil Profile Collection

• The Soil Image Library: Dept. of Science, Adelaide, Australia

• USDA-National Soil Survey Center: Soils Photo Gallery

• A Compendium of On-Line Soil Survey Information

• Field Book for Describing and Sampling Soils - Download the Field Book as PDF file

• National Soil Survey Handbook - Download the NSSH as Word 6.0 files

• Soil Survey and Classification: Soils of Hawai

• USDA Handbook No. 60: Saline and Alkali Soils - Download the Web version as PDF file

• USDA-NRCS Soil Survey Manual - Electronic version posted by Intermountain Resources Inventories, Inc.

• ICOMANTH: International Committee on Anthropogenic Soils

• Munsell System of Color Notation

• Soil Characterization: Physical, Chemical, Biological

• Soil Ecology and Restoration Group

• Soil Micromorphology: Geotechnical Microanalysis and Micromorphology Centre

• Soil Quality Institute: USDA-NRCS

­ Soil Quality Information Sheets (downloadable PDF-files on soil quality indicators)

• Soil Quality: Geoindicator

• Soil Quality: Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in the Field

• Soil Test Analyses

• Symbiosis, antagonism and plant/soil interactions Univ Marburg

REFERENCES & RESOURCES

GLOSSARIES OF SOIL SCIENCE TERMS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS PUBLICATIONS & PUBLISHERS SIMPLE FIELD METHODS

SSSA Glossary Search: Enter the term or terms (separated by spaces):

Search Tips:

• The search returns matches on partial words. A query of acid will return matches such as acidic soil, acidity, active, and acidulation. If you're not sure how to spell montmorillonite, just enter mont. Similarly, search on the singular noun and not the plural of a term (eg, ash and not ashes).
• Queries must be a minimum of two characters in length. If the term(s) you queried result in more than 75 matches, you will be asked to try your search again with more qualifiers.
• The search is case insensitive. Thus, queries of stokes law or Stokes Law will both return a match.
• Do not use punctuation. If a term is hyphenated, omit the hyphen and separate the words by spaces.

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	INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

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• ISO 13.800: Soil quality, Pedology

­ ISO Search: for example, search criteria "soil"

• SI: International System of Units

• SI Units / SI Einheiten

­ Conversion of Units / Umrechnung von Einheiten

Deutsche Normen

• DIN: Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V.

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PUBLICATIONS & PUBLISHERS

BIBLIOGRAPHIES JOURNALS PUBLICATIONS PUBLISHERS

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	BIBLIOGRAPHIES

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• Databases of Soil Publications

• Fachdokumentationsstelle Bodenkunde (in German)

• FAO-AGLS Papers and Publications: Soil Bulletins, World Soil Resources Reports

• Podzols/Spodosols: A Bibliography of the Literature on Podzols/Spodosols

• PRA Bibliography: Soil and Water Conservation

• WebSPIRS-ERL: SilverPlatter's Electronic Reference Library at the TU Munich

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	JOURNALS

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• Australian Journal of Soil Research

• Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

• Soil Science Journals

• Soil Science Newsletters

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	PUBLICATIONS

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• Soil Science Related Publications

­ SoilFacts: Careful Soil Sampling

• Soil Resource Management: Download Nebraska Extension Publications

• GTZ 1997: Orientierungsrahmen: Bodenrecht und Bodenordnung

• ISCO 1996: Precious Earth: From Soil and Water Conservation to Sustainable Land Management

• WBGU 1994: Welt im Wandel: Die Gefährdung der Böden (Downloadable Langfassung des WBGU-Gutachtens)

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	PUBLISHERS

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• Balkema Catalog

• CAB International: Soils Online

• Elsevier Press

• Kluwer Academic Publishers: Soil Sciences Bibliography

• Luquillo: LTER PUBLICATIONS (USA)

• Springer Verlag

• Wiley Press: Wiley sells Books on Agriculture, Soils, and related Sciences.

• Wiley-VCH Scientific Publishing

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	SOIL SOFTWARE

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• CLUES: Computer-based Learning in Land Use and Envrionmental Sciences

­ Lists of Soil Science Software: Soil, Land Use and Environmental Assessment

­ Soil Science and Management

• EROSION-3D: Soil Erosion Model Info

• EUROSEM: The European Soil Erosion Model

• FAO-AGLS: Tools and Software

• FAOSOIL.HLP - FAO Soil Classification Programme from Dr. F. Bailly

• Identikit: Expert System for Acid Sulphate Soils

• NAL: Soil/Plant/Water-related Software Catalogue, National Agricultural Library

• Name That Soil: Identify and Name Soils by the FAO classification (with USDA translation)

• NRCS: Environmental & Economic Models
  e.g. EPIC (Erosion-Productivity Impact Calculator)

• pcSITES: FREE set of software tools designed for developing, managing and interrogating soil databases

• PEDON Description Program: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

• SDE: Soil Depletion Estimates Model

• Soils Explorer: FREE Software from the USDA-NRCS (for the States only)

• Soil Physics Software

• SPAW: FREE Soil-Plant-Atmosphere-Water Model

• SoilVision: Database software system for the estimation and management of soil-water properties

• TAEX: Texas Agricultural Extension Service Software Catalogue

• Unsatflow - Desktop Utility to Deal with Elementary Soil Hydrologic Processes

• USDA Soil Texture Auto Lookup - FREE Software from Christopher Teh Boon Sung

• WaterMod - soil water dynamics in agricultural and environmental systems

• WEPP: Water Erosion Prediction Program

• WWW-Server for Ecological Modelling

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	MINERALOGY

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• Athena Mineralogy

• Bob's Rock Shop

­ Gallery of Specimen Images

• DMG: Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft (e.V.)

• Mineraliengallerie

• Mineral & Gemstone Galleries

• Minerals under the Microscope

• Mineral Structures Data Base

• Mineralogy Home Page at Bristol Univ. - including Mineralogy Lecture Notes and Interactive Tutorials

­ Useful Mineralogy Links Outside Bristol

• Petrography - this web site includes almost 200 photomicrographs of rocks and minerals.

• The Clausthal Online Mineral Collection (Die Clausthaler Mineralogische Sammlung)

• The Mineral Gallery

• USGS: Mineral Resources Programme

• Würzburg: Links for Mineralogists

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