
CHAPTER 9
Pedodiversity Studies in China
Xuelei ZHANG
1. Introduction: Initiation of Pedodiversity Research in China
Pedodiversity describes soil variety in a particular area systemically,
and this variety has a direct or indirect relation with soil types and soil
conditions. In recent years, pedodiversity has become an important
component of pedological studies (Ibáñez et al. 1995a,b, 1998, Ibáñez
and De-Alba 1999, Phillips and Marion 2005, 2007, Ibáñez et al. 2005a,
Saldaña and Ibáñez 2007). Toomanian et al. (2006) studied the forms
and processes of landscape development and their subdivision in the
main region of Zayandeh-rud Valley in Iran. ...