Section I: APC: Anthropogenic Chemicals and Activities 1. Agricultural Soils: Nitrous Oxide Emissions [John R. Freney] 2. Agriculture: Energy Use and Conservation [Guangnan Chen and Tek Narayan Maraseni] 3. Agriculture: Organic [Kathleen Delate] 4. Erosion by Water: Accelerated [David Favis-Mortlock] 5. Erosion: Irrigation-Induced [Robert E. Sojka and David L. Bjorneberg] 6. Pesticide Translocation Control: Soil Erosion [Monika Frielinghaus, Detlef Deumlich, and Roger Funk] 7. Pesticides [Marek Biziuk, Jolanta Fenik, Monika Kosikowska, and Maciej Tankiewicz] 8. Salt-Affected Soils: Sustainable Agriculture [Pichu Rengasamy] 9. Sodic Soils: Irrigation Farming [David Burrow] Section II: COV: Comparative Overviews of Important Topics for Environmental Management 10. Agricultural Soils: Carbon and Nitrogen Biological Cycling [Alan J. Franzluebbers] 11. Agricultural Soils: Phosphorus [Anja Gassner and Ewald Schnug] 12. Erosion and Global Change [Taolin Zhang and Xingxiang Wang] 13. Erosion and Precipitation [Bofu Yu] 14. Erosion: History [Andrew S. Goudie] 15. Erosion by Wind: Global Hot Spots [Andrew Warren] 16. Erosion by Wind: Principles [Larry D. Stetler] 17. Erosion: Snowmelt [Donald K. McCool] 18. Erosion: Soil Quality [Craig Ditzler] 19. Farming: Organic [Brenda Frick] 20. Global Climate Change: World Soils [Rattan Lal] 21. Integrated Farming Systems [John Holland] 22. Organic Soil Amendments [Philip Oduor-Owino] 23. Pasturelands, Rangelands, and Other Grazing Social-Ecological Systems [Radost Stanimirova and Rachael Garrett] 24. Salt-Affected Soils: Physical Properties and Behavior [Hwat Bing So] 25. Sodic Soils: Properties [Pichu Rengasamy] 26. Soil Degradation: Global Assessment [Ahmet Cilek, Suha Berberoglu, Erhan Akca, Cenk Donmez, Mehmet Akif Erdogan, Burcak Kapur, and Selim Kapur] 27. Soil Erosion and Carbon Dioxide [Pierre A. Jacinthe and Rattan Lal] 28. Soil Quality: Carbon and Nitrogen Gases [Philippe Rochette, Sean McGinn, and Reynald Lemke] 29. Sustainable Agriculture: Soil Quality [John W. Doran and Ed G. Gregorich] Section III: CSS: Case Studies of Environmental Management 30. Drought and Agricultural Production in the Central Andes [Claudia Canedo-Rosso, Ronny Berndtsson, and Cintia B. Uvo] 31. Mines: Rehabilitation of Open Cut [Douglas J. Dollhopf] Section IV: DIA: Diagnostic Tools: Monitoring, Ecological Modeling, Ecological Indicators, and Ecological Services 32. Bioenergy Crops: Carbon Balance Assessment [Rocky Lemus and Rattan Lal] 33. Erosion by Water: Amendment Techniques [X.-C. (John) Zhang] 34. Erosion by Water: Assessment and Control [Jose Miguel Reichert, Nadia Bernardi Bonuma, Gustavo Enrique Merten, and Jean Paolo Gomes Minella] 35. Erosion by Water: Empirical Methods [John M. Laflen] 36. Erosion by Water: Process-Based Modeling [Mark A. Nearing] 37. Erosion by Wind: Source, Measurement, Prediction, and Control [Brenton S. Sharratt and R. Scott Van Pelt] 38. Erosion Control: Tillage and Residue Methods [Richard Cruse, Jerry Neppel, John Kost, and Krisztina Eleki] 39. Pest Management: Modeling [Andrew Paul Gutierrez] 40. Soil Quality: Indicators [Graham P. Sparling] Section V: ELE: Focuses on the Use of Legislation or Policy to Address Environmental Problems 41. Acid Sulfate Soils: Management [Michael D. Melville and Ian White] 42. Agricultural Water Quantity Management [X. S. Qin and Y. Xu] 43. Erosion by Water: Vegetative Control [Seth M. Dabney and Silvio J. Gumiere] 44. Erosion Control: Soil Conservation [Eric T. Craswell] 45. Farming: Organic Pest Management [Jan Gallo] 46. Integrated Nutrient Management [Bal Ram Singh] 47. Integrated Pest Management [H.F. van Emden] 48. Integrated Weed Management [Heinz Muller-Scharer and Alexandra Robin Collins] 49. Manure Management: Compost and Biosolids [Bahman Eghball and Kenneth A. Barbarick] 50. Manure Management: Dairy [H.H. Van Horn and D.R. Bray] 51. Manure Management: Phosphorus [Rory O. Maguire, John T. Brake, and Peter W. Plumstead] 52. Manure Management: Poultry [Shafiqur Rahman and Thomas R. Way] 53. Organic Matter: Management [R. Cesar Izaurralde and Carlos C. Cerri] 54. Pest Management [E.F. Legner] 55. Pest Management: Ecological Agriculture [Barbara Dinham] 56. Pest Management: Ecological Aspects [David J. Horn] 57. Pest Management: Legal Aspects [Michael T. Olexa and Zachary T. Broome] Section VI: ENT: Environmental Management Using Environmental Technologies 58. Acid Sulfate Soils: Formation [Martin C. Rabenhorst, Delvin S. Fanning, and Steven N. Burch] 59. Erosion and Sediment Control: Vegetative Techniques [Samson D. Angima] 60. Precision Agriculture: Engineering Aspects [Joel T. Walker, Reza Ehsani, and Matthew O. Sullivan] 61. Sodic Soils: Reclamation [Jock Churchman] 62. Tillage Erosion: Terrace Formation [Seth M. Dabney and Dalmo A.N. Vieira] Section VII: NEC: Natural Elements and Chemicals Found in Nature 63. Erosion by Wind-Driven Rain [Gunay Erpul, L. Darrell Norton, and Donald Gabriels] 64. Organic Matter: Global Distribution in World Ecosystems [Wilfred M. Post] 65. Permafrost [Douglas Kane and Julia Boike] 66. Salt-Affected Soils: Plant Response [Anna Eynard, Keith D. Wiebe, and Rattan Lal] Section VIII: PRO: Basic Environmental Processes 67. Agricultural Runoff [Matt C. Smith, David K. Gattie, and Daniel L. Thomas] 68. Desertification [David Tongway and John Ludwig] 69. Desertification: Prevention and Restoration [Claudio Zucca, Susana Bautista, Barron Orr, and Franco Previtali] 70. Erosion [Dennis C. Flanagan] 71. Erosion by Water: Erosivity and Erodibility [Peter I.A. Kinnell]