Publications
IUSS Working Group WRB 2006. World Reference Base for Soil Resources (2nd ed.). World Soil Resources Report 103, FAO, Rome (download)
Deckers J, Driessen P, Nachtergaele F, Spaargaren O and Berding F, 2003. Anticipated Developments of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources. Chapter 19 in: Eswaran H, Rice T, Ahrens R and Stewart BA (Eds.), Soil Classification - A Global Desk Reference. CRC Press, Boca Raton (FL), pp. 245-256.
Deckers JA, Driessen PM, Nachtergaele FO and Spaargaren OC, 2002. World Reference Base for Soil Resources. In: R. Lal (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Soil Science. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, pp. 1446-1452.
Driessen PM, Deckers JA, Spaargaren OC and Nachtergaele FO (Eds.), 2001. Lecture Notes on the Major Soils of the World. World Soil Resources Reports 94. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. 334 p. (also downloadable as pdf file or in zipped .chm format )
FAO, 2002. Major Soils of the World. Land and Water Digital Media Series 19. Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Rome. CD-ROM.
ISSS-ISRIC-FAO, 1998. World Reference Base for Soil Resources. World Soil Resources Report 84. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. 91p. (also available in French and Spanish, and downloadable as htm or pdf files)
ISSS Working Group RB, 1998a. World Reference Base for Soil Resources: Introduction ( Deckers JA, Nachtergaele FO and Spaargaren OC, Eds.). International Society of Soil Science (ISSS), International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). ACCO, Leuven. 165p.
ISSS Working Group RB, 1998b. World Reference Base for Soil Resources: Atlas ( Bridges EM, Batjes NH and Nachtergaele FO, Eds.). International Society of Soil Science (ISSS), International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). ACCO, Leuven. 79p.
Nachtergaele FO, 2003. New developments in soil classification: the World Reference Base for Soil Resources. In: World Soil Resources Reports 98: Quatorzième réunion du Sous-Commité ouest et centre africain de corrélation des sols, 9-13 octobre 2000, Bénin. FAO, Rome, pp. 13-28.
Nachtergaele FO, Spaargaren OC, Deckers JA and R Ahrens, 2000. New developments in soil classification: World Reference Base for Soil Resources. Geoderma 96, 345-357.
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