Bakhov Zh.K., Utebaev. A.A. Экология почв: A textbook for students of the specialty “Ecology”. – Almaty, CyberSmith, 2019.-116 p.
The textbook contains the basic concepts of soil and issues of its protection in conditions of intensive agriculture and anthropogenic stress.
The composition and properties of soils, the main ecological functions of the soil and their changes under the influence of anthropogenic impact, the problems of erosion, waterlogging and salinization, pollution and aridization of soils are considered. Soil is considered as an ecological factor determining the functioning of vegetation, soil microorganisms and soil animals.