Soil as an Archetype of Complexity: A Systems Approach to Improve Insights, Learning, and Management of Coupled Biogeochemical Processes and Environmental Externalities

Due to tightly coupled physical, chemical, and biological processes that often behave in nonlinear, counterintuitive ways, it is argued that soil is an archetype of a complex system. Unfortunately, human intuition and decision making has been shown to be inadequate when dealing with complex systems....

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Main Author: Benjamin L. Turner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Soil Systems
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2571-8789/5/3/39