Affiliation:
1. Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Geology and Soil Science, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
2. Unit of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics, Autonomous University of Zacatecas, Zacatecas 99500, Mexico
Abstract
The integration of soil into ecology in the current climate crisis is essential for correct environmental management. Soil is a part of ecosystems; above all, it is a component of the biosphere. It is necessary to establish a definition of soil that integrates biota and biodiversity without losing sight of the historical development of edaphology, the science that studies soil. In this opinion article, we proposes a definition for all soils grouped together in the edaphosphere, which is, in fact, a subsystem of the biosphere. In addition, we highlight the importance of the definition of soil provided by Vasily Dokuchaev, the founder of edaphology, with respect to the integration of soil into the biosphere and the differences between the concepts of pedosphere and edaphosphere.
Subject
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous),Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
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