
Conclusions
Juan José Ibáñez
1
and James G. Bockheim
2
This book analyzes the state of the art in pedodiversity studies and its
multiple applications to geology, ecology and other disciplines as it is
showed in several of its chapters. Chapter 1, written by Ibáñez and co-
workers, introduces this topic.
In the fi rst instance the concept of diversity seems clear and intuitive.
However, this is not the case. Many defi nitions have been proposed in the
literature but all of them have been a subject of controversy between rival
schools. In fact, when research has problems to carry on the procedures
for operationalization of a concept implies that many ...