02754naa a2200373 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400530006010000160011324500590012926000090018852016330019765000220183065000140185265000090186665300230187565300250189865300130192365300300193665300220196665300320198865300250202065300230204565300210206865300230208965300220211270000260213470000240216070000150218470000190219970000170221870000180223577301270225321507882023-12-06       2023    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 ahttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19949-3_72DOI1 aFONTANA, A.  aSoils from the atlantic forest.h[electronic resource]  c2023  aThe Atlantic Forest (AF) soils were the first explored by the Brazilian colonial society since the early days of discovery, with sugar cane, pasture, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, and cotton, resulting in widespread soil degradation and deforestation, that aggravated the inherent low natural fertility of most AF soils. Despite the general trend of chemical poverty, the AF soils show good physical properties and have good yields with moderate fertilization and liming, as in the case of Coffee and Cocoa crops. The high pedodiversity of the Atlantic Forest is attributed to the steep, mountainous relief and very diverse lithologies. The mountainous to hilly topography is a strong obstacle to the mechanization and modernization of AF soils agriculture, and drive the permanence of less intensive and more ecological methods of production in family farming systems, directed to the local markets of the many cities in the region. Currently, there is strong pressure for deforestation and loss of the last remnants in the drier limits of the Atlantic Forest biome, where soils are chemically richer and often eutrophic. The production of water and hydric resources and the carbon conservation and recovery in these soils are environmental services of the greatest importance for the Atlantic Forest Biome, now and in the emerging scenarios of CO2 emissions mitigation. Research aimed at developing a more diversified agroecological management of soils under the Atlantic Forest region, and less intensive and restorative patterns of land use with forest recovery, should be encouraged by public policies aimed at its fragile soils.  aFloresta Tropical  aLatossolo  aSolo  aBrazilian pedology  aDeep weathered soils  aLatosols  aMares de Morros landscape  aNeotropical soils  aPaisagem de Mares de Morros  aPedologia brasileira  aPedologia tropical  aRainforest soils  aSolos Neotropicais  aTropical pedology1 aSCHAEFER, C. E. G. R.1 aANJOS, L. H. C. dos1 aKER, J. C.1 aPEREIRA, M. G.1 aSENRA, E. O.1 aCOELHO, R. M.  tIn: SCHAEFER, C. E. G. R. (ed.). The soils of Brazil. Cham: Springer, 2023. cap. 7, p. 195-220. (World soils book series).