“…1-Objects of the real world are organized in complex units made of smaller systems embedded in larger ones (theory and examples in natural environments, papers in English, French or Italian: Odum, 1953Odum, , 1997Johnson, 1998;Botkin, 1990;Zanella, 1995Zanella, , 1996Camaret et al, 2000;Saugier et al, 2001;Begon et al, 2005; few among many possible examples in forest ecosystems: Susmel et al, 1976;Susmel, 1980Susmel, , 1988Oldeman, 1990;Zanella, 1994;Carletti et al, 2009;Nocentini, 2011;Mason and Zapponi, 2015). Concerning humus systems, we would like to classify humus profiles observing features detectable in the field by the naked eye or with a 10×-magnifying lens.…”