
CHAPTER 5
Pedodiversity and Landscape
Ecology
Asunción Saldaña
1. Introduction
Soil is an essential and indispensable component of ecosystems (Yaalon
2000). Hence, it is obvious that biodiversity conservation is impossible
without simultaneous conserving of the environment of biological
organisms and taking into account soil diversity, structure and soil cover
pattern in particular landscapes (Amundson et al. 2003, Decaëns 2010,
Ibáñez et al. 2008, Khaziev 2011). Given that the spatial component of
the environment is crucial, new approaches to soil patterns are necessary
for appropriate landscape planning, management and conservation. The
integration ...