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EUROPEAN SOIL BUREAU RESEARCH REPORTS

No.1 European Land Information Systems for Agro-environmental Monitoring. D. King,

R.J.A. Jones & A.J. Thomasson (eds). EUR 16232 EN, 284pp. (1995). Office for the Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

No.2 Soil Databases to support sustainable development. C. Le Bas & M. Jamagne (eds). EUR 16371 EN, 149pp. (1996). Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

No.3 The use of pedotransfer in soil hydrology research in Europe. A. Bruand, O. Duval, H.Wösten & A. Lilly (eds). EUR 17307 EN, 211pp. (1997). Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

No.4 Land Information Systems: Developments for planning the sustainable use of land resources. H.J. Heineke, W. Eckelmann, A.J. Thomasson, R.J.A. Jones, L. Montanarella & B. Buckley (eds). EUR 17729 EN, 546pp. (1998). Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

No.5 Georeferenced Soil Database for Europe: Manual of Procedures Version 1.0. European Soil Bureau, Scientific Committee. EUR 18092 EN, 184pp. (1998). Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

--Database Georeferenziato dei Suoli Europei, Manuale delle Procedure Versione 1.1. Edito dal Comitato Scientifico dell’European Soil Bureau, Versione italiano a cura di Edoardo A.C. Costantini. EUR 18092 IT, 170pp. (1999). Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

--Una Base de Datos de Suelos Georeferenciada para Europa, Manual de Procedimientos Version 1.1. Editado por el Comité Científico del Buró Europeo de Suelos, edición en Castellano. EUR 18092 ES, 206pp. (1999). Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

--Base de données géoréférencée des sols pour l’Europe, Manuel de Procédures Version. 1.1. Edité par le Bureau Europeen des Sols. Version française de J.J. Lambert. EUR 18092 FR, 174pp. (2001). Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

No.6 Soil Resources of Europe. P. Bullock, R.J.A. Jones & L. Montanarella (eds). EUR 18991 EN, 202pp. (1999). Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

No.7 Soil Classification 2001. Erika Micheli, Freddy O. Nachtergaele, Robert J.A. Jones & Luca Montanarella. EUR 20398 EN, 248pp. (2002). Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

No.8 Soil Geographical Database for Eurasia & The Mediterranean: Instructions Guide for Elaboration at scale 1:1,000,000. Version 4.0. J.J. Lambert, J. Daroussin, M. Eimberck, C. Le Bas, M. Jamagne, D. King & L. Montanarella. EUR 20422 EN, 64pp. (2003). Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

No.9 Soil Resources of Europe: second edition. R.J.A. Jones, B. Houskova, L. Montanarella & P. Bullock, (eds). EUR 20559 EN,. (2004). Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

No.16 Pan-European Soil Erosion Risk Assessment: The PESERA Map, Version 1 October 2003. Explanation of Special Publication Ispra 2004 No.73 (S.P.I.04.73). M.J. Kirkby,

R.J.A. Jones, B., Irvine, A. Gobin, G. Govers, O. Cerdan, A.J.J. Van Rompaey, Y. Le Bisson-nais, J. Daroussin, D. King, L. Montanarella, M. Grimm, V. Vieillefont, J. Puigdefabregas, M. Boer, C. Kosmas, N. Yassoglou, M. Tsara, S. Mantel, G.J. Van Lynden & J Huting. EUR 21176 EN, 20pp. and 1 map in ISO B1 format. (2004). Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

No.17 The map of organic carbon in topsoils in Europe, Version 1.2 September 2003: Explanation of Special Publication Ispra 2004 No.72 (S.P.I.04.72). R.J.A. Jones, R. Hiederer, E. Rusco, P.J. Loveland, & L. Montanarella. EUR 21209 EN, 26pp. and 1 map in ISO B1 for-mat. (2004). Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

EUROPE

CEC 1985. Soil Map of the European Communities, 1:1,000,000. 124pp. and 7 maps. Office for Official Publications of the European Com-munities, Luxembourg.

EC (2002). Communication of 16 April 2002 from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Towards a Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection [COM (2002) 179 final]. (At: http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/printversion/en//lvb/l28122.htm; last accessed: 11.11.2004).

FAO-UNESCO (1974). FAO-UNESCO Soil Map of the World: Vol. 1, Legend. UNESCO, Paris.

FAO-UNESCO-ISRIC. (1990). FAO-UNESCO Soil Map of the World: Revised Legend. World Soil Resources Report 60, 88pp. FAO, Rome.

FAO (1998). World Reference Base for Soil Resources. World Soils Report No.84, 88pp. Rome.

FAO/EC/ISRIC (2000). World Soil Resources Map,

Hodgson, J.M. (Ed.) (1991). Soil Survey – a basis for European soil protection. Soil and Groundwater Report 1. EUR 13340 EN, 214pp. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

Jones, R.J.A. & Biagi, B. (eds) (1989). Agriculture: Computerization of land use data. EUR 11151 EN, 156pp. Office for Official Publica-tions of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

Jones, R.J.A., Spoor, G. & Thomasson, A.J. (2003). Assessing the vulnerability of subsoils in Europe to compaction: a preliminary analysis. Soil & Tillage Research 73, 131-143.

King, D., Daroussin, J. & Tavernier, R. 1994. Development of a soil geographical database from the soil map of the European Communities. Catena, 21, 37-56.

Madsen, H. Breuning & Jones, R.J.A. (1995). Soil Profile Analytical Database for the European Union. Danish Journal of Geography (Ge-ografisk Tidesskrift), 95: 49-57.

Montanarella, L., Jones, R.J.A., Grimm, M., Hollis, J.M., Jones, A.R. & Daroussin, J. (2001). Soil Map for Europe: Soil classification ac-cording to the World Reference Base for Soil Resources, large format map (1065mm x 965mm) scale 1:4,500,000. DG-JRC, European Commission.

Montanarella L. (2001). The European Soil Information System (EUSIS). In: Desertification Convention: data and Information Require-ments for Interdisciplinary Research, G. Enne, D. Peter, D. Pottier (eds), EUR 19496 EN.

Soil Survey Staff. (1999). Soil Taxonomy: A basic system of soil classification for making and interpreting soil surveys. Second Edition. USDA-NRCS, Agriculture Handbook No. 436, 869pp. Washington DC.

Stolbovoi V., L. Montanarella, V. Medvedev, N. Smeyan, L. Shishov, V. Unguryan, G. Dobrovol’skii, M. Jamagne, D. king, V. Rozhkov, I. Savin. (2001). Integration of Data on the Soils of Russia, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine into the Soil Geographic Database of the European Community. Eurasian Soil Science, Vol. 34, No. 7, 2001, p.687-703.

UNEP-ISSS-ISRIC-FAO. (1995) Global and National Soils and Terrain Digital Databases (SOTER) Procedures Manual. World Soil Re-sources Report No. 74. FAO, Rome.

Van Lanen, H.A.J. & Bregt, A.K. (eds.) (1989). Application of computerized EC Soil Map and climate data. Proceedings of a workshop in the Community programme for coordination of agricultural research, 15-16 November 1988, Wageningen. EUR 12039 EN. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg. 254 pp.

Full citation for papers on soils in the Member States, Candidate and Neighbouring Countries in European Soil Bureau Research Report No.9 is: In: Soil Resources of Europe: second edition. R.J.A. Jones, B. Houskova, P. Bullock, & L. Montanarella (eds). European Soil Bureau Research Report No.9, EUR 20559 EN, p…... Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

In the country list below this publication is referred to as ESB RR9, followed by page numbers of the specific article. These reports and additional soil information can be found on the web site: / (last accessed 01/08/2005)

ALBANIA

Zdruli, P., Lushaj, Sh., Pezzuto, A., Fanelli, D., D’Amico, O., Filomeno, O., De Santis, S., Todorovic, M., Nerilli, E., Dedaj, K. and Seferi, B. (2003). Preparing a georeferenced soil database for Albania at scale 1:250,000 using the European Soil Bureau Manual of Procedures 1.1. In: OPTIONS Méditerranéennes. SERIE A: Mediterranean Seminars, Volume A 54. Zdruli, P., Steduto, P. & Kapur, S. (eds). Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Mediterranéennes (CIHEAM). Paris, France. ISBN: 2-853552261-X

Zdruli, P. (2005). Soil Survey in Albania. In: Soil Resources of Europe: second edition. ESB-RR9, p.39-45.

AUSTRIA [Additional soil information at http://www.bodeninfo.net]

Blum, W.E.H., Englisch, M. Freudenschuß, A., Nelhiebel, P., Pock, H., Schneider, W., Schwarz, S., Wagner, J. & Wandl, M. (2005). Soil Survey and Soil Data in Austria. ESBRR9, p.47-61.

Raschauer, B. (2003). Bodenschutzkompetenzen im Österreichischen Rechtssystem. Mitt.

d. österr. Bodenkundl. Ges. Heft 66.Blum W.E.H. (2004). Die Entwicklung der Bodenkunde in Österreich in Wissenschaft und Praxis. Mittlg. d. Österr. Bodenkundl. Ges., 71, 215-219, Wien.

BELGIUM

Tavernier, R. & Maréchal, R., (1962). Soil survey and soil classification in Belgium, Transactions International Soil Conference, New Zea-land, p. 3-11.

Dudal, R., Deckers, J., Van Orshoven, J.& Van Ranst, E. (2005). Soil Survey in Belgium and its Applications. ESB-RR9, p.63-71.

Van Ranst, E.& Sys, C. (2000). Eénduidige legende van de digitale bodemkaart van Vlaanderen (schaal 1:20.000), VLM, Brussel (België) op CD-Rom, 269 pp.

BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA

H. Custovic (2005). An overview of general Land and Soil Water Conditions in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ESB-RR9, p.73-82.

BULGARIA

Koinov, V. and Tanov, E. (1956). Soil Map of Bulgaria at scale 1:200,000. GUGK, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Koinov, V. (Ed.) (1973). Soil Map of Bulgaria. In: A. Beshkov (Ed.), Atlas of Bulgaria. BAN, GUGK, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Kolchakov, I., Rousseva, S., Georgiev, B. & Stoychev, D. (2005). Soil Survey and Soil Mapping in Bulgaria. ESB-RR9, p.83-87.

CROATIA

Basic, F. (2005). Soil Resources of Croatia. EEB-RR9, p.89-96.
Bogunovic, M., Vidacek, Z., Husnjak, S. and Sraka, M. (1997). Namjenska pedoloska karta

Republike Hrvatske i njena uporaba, Agronom-ski glasnik, 5-6, Zagreb. CYPRUS [Additional soil information can be found at http://www.ari.gov.cy/] Hadjiparaskevas, C. (2005). Soil Survey and Monitoring in Cyprus. ESB-RR9, p.97-101. CZECH REPUBLIC [Additional soil information at http://www.af.czu.cz/] Nemecek, J. et al. (1967). Handbook of the large-scale mapping of agricultural soils in

Czechoslovakia. Vol 1. Ministerstvo zemedelství a vyzivy, 246pp. Nemecek, J. and Tomásek, M. (1983). Geography of soils of the Czech Republic. Academia, Studie CSAV, 100pp. Nemecek, J. & Kozák, J. (2005). Status of Soil Surveys, Inventory and Soil Monitoring in the Czech Republic. ESB-RR9, p.103-109.

DENMARK

Greve, M.H. & Breuning-Madsen, H. (2005). Soil Mapping in Denmark. ESB-RR9, p.111

119.

Madsen, H. Breuning, Nørr, A.H. & Holst, K.Å. (1992): The Danish Soil Classification. Atlas of Denmark I, 3. The Royal Danish Geo-graphical Society, C.A. Reitzel, Copenhagen, pp56.

ESTONIA

Kõlli, R. & Lemetti, I. (1999). Eesti muldade lühiiseloomustus. I. Normaalsed mineraalmullad. ISBN 9985–882–42–3. Eesti Põllumajandusülikool, Tartu, 122 lk.

Reintam, L. & Kokk, R. 1995. Mullastik. Rmt.: Raukas, A. (toimetaja). Eesti. Loodus, lk. 418–439; 566–567; 593–595. ISBN 5–440–01355–5. Valgus, Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus, Tallinn.

Reintam, L., Rooma, I. Kull, A. & Kõlli, R. (2005). Soil Information and Its Application in Estonia. ESB-RR9, p.121-132.

FINLAND [Additional soil information at http://www.mtt.fi/]

Sippola, J. & Yli-Halla, M. (2005). Status of Soil Mapping in Finland. ESB-RR9, p.133

138.

Talkkari, A. and Nevalainen, R. (2003). Georeferenced 1:250,000 soil database for Finland-an approach based on multisource geological and soil data. In: 4th European Congress on Regional Geoscientific Cartography and Information Systems: Geoscientific Information for Spatial Planning, Bologna, Italy, June 17th-20th 2003. 276-279.

FRANCE [Additional soil information at http://w3.inra.fr/]

Bornand, M., Arrouays, D., Baize, D. and Jamagne, M. (1989). Méthodologie d’une cartographie régionale des sols à l'échelle du 1:250,000. Science du Sol. 27(1), 17

20.

Jamagne, M., Hardy, R., King, D. and Bornand, M. (1995). La base de données géographique des sols de France. Etude et Gestion des Sols. 2(3), 153-172.

King, D., Jamagne, M., Arrouays, A., Bornand, M., Favrot, J.-C., Hardy, R., Le Bas, C. and Stengel, P. (1999). Inventaire cartographique et surveillance des sols en France. Etude et Gestion des Sols, 6(4), 215-228.

King, D. Stengel, P., Jamagne, M., Le Bas, C. & Arrouays. D. (2005). Soil Mapping and Soil Monitoring: State of Progress and Use in France. ESB-RR9, p.139-146.

GERMANY [Additional soil information at http://www.bgr.de/saf_boden/]

Eckelmann, W. (2005). Soil Information for Germany: the 2004 Position. ESB-RR9, p.147-157.

Hartwich, R., Behrens, J., Eckelmann, W., Haase, G., Richter, A., Roeschmann, G. & Schmidt, R. (1995): Bodenübersichtskarte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

1:1.000.000 (BÜK1000). - Erläuterungen und Textlegende (Beiheft zur Karte). -Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, Hannover.

Heinecke, H.J., Eckelmann, W., Thomasson, A.J., Jones, R.J.A., Montanarella, L. & Buckley,

B. (eds). (1998): EUR 17729 EN, 564 pp.; GREECE [Additional soil information at http://webspace.bee.gr/org/nagref/] Theocharopoulos, S.P., Papadopulos, N.Th. & Papademos, G. (1992). Management soil

database (SOILDB). Agr. Research 16, 1-12 (Grk). Yassoglou, N. (2005). Soil Survey in Greece. ESB-RR9, p.159-168.

HUNGARY

Várallyay, G. (2005). Soil Survey and Soil Monitoring in Hungary. ESB-RR9, p.169-179.

Varallyay, G., Szabo, J., Pasztor, L., Micheli, E. (1994). SOTER Soil and Terrain Digital Database) 1:500 000 and its application in Hungary. Agrokemia es Talajtan 43. (1-2) 87-108.

ICELAND

Arnalds, O. (2005). Soil Survey and Databases in Iceland. ESB-RR9, p.181-186.
Nygard, I.J., & Johannesson, B. (1959). Soil map of Iceland. University Research Institute,

Reykjavik, Iceland. Printed by the U.S. Geological Survey. IRELAND [Additional soil information at http://www.teagasc.ie/index.html] Gardiner, M.J. and Radford, T. 1980a. Ireland: General Soil Map. 2nd Edition. Teagasc,

Dublin, Ireland. Lee, J. & Coulter, B. (2005). Application of Soils Data to Land Use and Environmental Problems in Ireland. ESB-RR9, p.187-191.

ITALY

Costantini, E.A.C., Jardin, L.& Pagliai, M. (1999). Advances in Soil Survey, Monitoring and Applications in Italy. ESB-RR6, p.103-109.

Filippi, N. & Italian Regional Soil Services. (2005). Soil Mapping and Soil Monitoring: State of Progress and Use in Italy. ESB-RR9, p.193-200.

Rusco, E., Filippi, N., Marchetti, M. and Montanarella, L. (2003). Carta Ecopedologica d’Italia, scala 1:250.000. Relazione divulgativa. IES, CCR, CE, EUR 20774 IT, 2003, 45pp.

LATVIA [Additional soil information at http://www.llu.lv/]

Karklins, A. (2005). Soil information in Latvia. ESB-RR9, p.201-209.

LITHUANIA

Buivydaite, V.V. (2005). Soil Survey and Available Soil Data in Lithuania. ESB-RR9, p.211-223.

Additional Information

Eidukeviciene, M. & V. Vasiliauskiene (eds). (2001) Soils of Lithuania: “Lietuvos mokslas”, Book 32, 1244pp. (In Lithuanian, Summaries in English). ISBN 9986-795-11-7. ISSN 1392-4044.

Soils of Lithuania. (2000). Monograph. Vilnius, Lietuvos mokslas. Kn. 32. 1244. Lithuanian, Summary - English.

LUXEMBOURG

Soil information for Luxembourg at http://www.environnement.public.lu/

MACEDONIA (Republic of)

Filpovski, G. (1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001). Soils of the Republic of Macedonia, vol. I, II, III IV & V, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje. Mitkova, T. & Mitrikeski, J. (2005). Soils of the Republic of Macedonia: Present Situation and Future Prospects. ESB-RR9, p.225-234. MALTA [Additional soil information at http://mrae.gov.mt/] Lang D.M. (1960). Soils of Malta and Gozo, Colonial Office Colonial Research Studies report No. 29, HMSO, London. Vella J. S. Soil Survey and Soil Mapping in the Maltese Islands: the 2003 Position. ESBRR9, p.235-244. NETHERLANDS [Additional soil information at http://www.bodemdata.nl.] Steur, G.G.L. en Heijink, W., 1991. Bodemkaart van Nederland, Schaal 1:50.000. Algemene begrippen en indelingen. Wageningen, Staring Centrum, 65 pp.

Steur, G.G.L., Vries, F. de en Wallenburg, C. van., 1985. Bodemkaart van Nederland, Schaal 1:250.000. Beknopte beschrijving van de kaarteenheden. Wageningen, Stichting voor Bodemkartering, 52 pp.

Van der Pouw, B.J.A. & Finke, P.A. (2005). Development and Perspective of Soil Survey in the Netherlands. ESB-RR9, p.245-255. NORWAY [Additional soil information at http://jord.nijos.no] Arnoldussen, A.H. (2005). Soil Survey in Norway. ESB-RR9, p.257-262.

POLAND

Bialousz, S. (1994). Soil Map of Poland 1:1500,000, Genetic Classification. Atlas of Poland, PPWK Warszawa

Bialousz, S. J., Marcinek, Stuczynski, T. & Turski, R. (2005). Soil Survey, Soil Monitoring and Soil Databases in Poland. ESB-RR9, p.263-273.

PORTUGAL [Additional soil information at http://www.mcalhdr.gov.pt]

Cardoso, J. Carvalho (1965). Os Solos de Portugal. I. A Sul do Rio Tejo. Direcção Geral dos Serviços Agrícolas, Lisboa. 310 pp.

Cardoso, J. Carvalho, Teixeira Bessa, M & Marado, M.O.B. (1973). Carta dos Solos de Portugal (1: 1,000,000). Agronomia Lusitana, Vol. XXXIII, Tomos I-IV, Oeiras, 481-602.

Gonçalves, M.C. Reis, L.C.L. & Pereira, M.V. (2005). Progress of Soil Survey in Portugal. In: ESB-RR9, p.275-279.

ROMANIA

Murgoci-Munteanu Gh. (1911). Zonele naturale de soluri din Romania. An. Inst. Geol.Rom. vol IV (1910) fascic. 1.

Munteanu I., Gastescu P., Olteanu M., Coldea Gh. & Vajdea V. (1994b). Harta Ecoregiunilor Romaniei la sc. 1:1,000,000. Ecoregions map of Romania at the scale 1:1,000,000.

Munteanu, I., Dumitru, M., Florea, N., Canarache, A., Lacatusu, R., Vlad, V., Simota, C., Ciobanu, C. & Rosu, C. (2005). Status of Soil Mapping, Monitoring, and Database Compilation in Romania at the beginning of the 21st century. ESB-RR9, p.281-296.

SERBIA

Antonovic, M.G., Milivojevic, J., Miladinovic, M., Sevarlic, M., Ljesevic, M., Protic, N., Djorovic, M., Radojevic, R., Stojanovic, S., Rudic, D., Spasov, P., Andric, S. and Kuburic,

J. (1997). Metodologija za izradu Osnova zastite, koriscenja i uredjenja poljoprivrednog zemljista, Jugoslovenska autorska agencija, S-25/97, Beograd, p.1

470.

Protic, N., Martinovic, L., Milicic, B., Stevanovic, D. & Mojasevic, M. (2005). The Status of Soil Surveys in Serbia and Montenegro. ESB-RR9, p.297-315.

SLOVAKIA

Bielek, P., Curlík, J., Fulajtár, E., B. Housková, B., Ilavská, B. & Kobza, J. (2005). Soil Survey and Managing of Soil Data in Slovakia. ESB-RR9, p.317-329.

Landscape Atlas of the Slovak Republic. (2002). 1ST Edition. Bratislava: Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic. Banska Bystrica: Slovak Environmental Agency 2002, 344pp. ISBN 80-88833-27-2.

Sály, R., Surina, B., 2002: Pôdy – Soils 1:500 000. In: Atlas krajiny Slovenskej republiky, kap. IV. MZP-SR Bratislava.

SLOVENIA [Additional soil information at http://www.bf.uni-lj.si/cpvo/; http://wwww.gov.si/svo; http://www.arso.gov.si]

Vidic, N. J., Vrscaj, B., Lobnik, F., Prus, T. & Zupan, M. (1998). Genesis of Slovenian - Soils Géneses des sols de Slovénie. V: 16e Congress Mondial de Science du Sol, France Montpellier, 20-26.8.1998 : Actes : Proceedings. [S.l.: s.n.], 1998, p.1-7.

Vrscaj, B., Prus, T. & Lobnik, F. (2005). Soil Information and Soil Data Use in Slovenia. ESB-RR9, p.331-344.

Vrscaj, B. & Lobnik, F. (1999). Establishment of Digital Soil Map of Slovenia in the scale

1:25.000. Zb. Bioteh. fak. Univ. Ljubl., Kmet. (1990), 1999, 73 (Issue 2), p. 287-300.

SPAIN

CSIC. 1968. Mapa de suelos de España. E. 1:1.000.000. Península y Baleares. Instituto Nacional de Edafología y Agrobiología. Madrid. 117pp.

Ibáñez, J.J., Sánchez Díaz, J., de Alba, S., López Árias, M. & Boixadera J. (2005). Collection of Soil Information in Spain: A review in 2003. ESB-RR9, p.345-356.

Porta, J., Alcañiz, J., Castells, E., Cruañas, R., Danés, R., Felipó, M.T., Sánchez, J. & Teixidor,

N. (1987). Introducció al coneixement dels sòls dels Països Catalans. Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, AEAC. Barcelona. 170 pp. SWEDEN [Additional soil information at http://www.sml.slu.se/] Olsson, M. (2005). Soil Survey in Sweden. ESB-RR9, p.357-363. Rasmussen, K., Sippola, J., Låg. L., Troredsson, T. & Wiberg, M. (1991). Soil map of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, scale 1:2,000,000. Landbruksforlaget, Oslo.

Troedsson, T. & Wiberg, M. (1986). Soil map of Sweden. The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, Stockholm.

SWITZERLAND

Bonnard, L-F. (2005). Soil Survey in Switzerland. ESB-RR9, p.365-370.

Frei, E., Juhasz, P., & Bach, R. (1966). Bodenkarte der Schweiz 1:1,000,000. Erläuterungen zur Karte und zur Systematik der Böden der Schweiz. Schweiz. landw. Forschung V, 3/4, 537-551.

TURKEY

Dinç, U., Senol, S., Cangir, C., Dinç, A. O., Akça, E., Dingil, M., Oztekin, E., Kapur, B. & Kapur, S. (2005). Soil Survey and Soil Database of Turkey. ESB-RR9, p.371-375.

Dinç, U, Kapur, S., Akça, E., Özden, M.,Senol, S., Dingil, M., Öztekin, E., Kczclarslanoglu,

H.A. & Keskin, S. (2001). History and Status of Soil Survey Programmes in Turkey and Suggestions on land Management. In: P. Zdruli, P. Steduto, C. Lacirignola, L. Montanarella. Soil resources of Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries. Options Mediterraneennes, Serie B. n. 34, 263-273.

UNITED KINGDOM

Cruikshank, J.G. (1997). Soil and Environment: Northern Ireland. DANI & Queen’s University, Belfast, UK, 214pp.

Soil Survey Staff (1983). The National Soil Map of England and Wales, 1:250,000 scale (in six sheets) and Legend. Ordnance Survey (Crown Copyright), Southampton, UK.

Soil Survey Staff (1984). Organization and Methods of the 1:250,000 Soil Survey of Scotland. Handbook 8. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen, UK, 81pp.

Thompson, T.R.E., Bradley, R.I., Hollis, J.M., Bellamy, P.H. & Dufour, M.J.D. (2005). Soil Information and its Application in the United Kingdom: An Update. ESB-RR9, p.377

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