Forest soil quality standards should be quantifiable

2009 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 117A-123A ◽  
Author(s):  
T. H. DeLuca ◽  
V. Archer
Keyword(s):  
Forest Soil ◽  
Soil Quality ◽  
Quality Standards

Soil vital signs: A new Soil Quality Index (SQI) for assessing forest soil health

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael C. Amacher ◽  
Katherine P. O'Neil ◽  
Charles H. Perry
Keyword(s):  
Forest Soil ◽  
Soil Quality ◽  
Quality Index ◽  
Soil Health ◽  
Vital Signs ◽  
Soil Quality Index

scholarly journals Biological and biochemical properties in evaluation of forest soil quality

2014 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa Błońska ◽  
Jarosław Lasota
Keyword(s):  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
Forest Soil ◽  
Soil Quality ◽  
Soil Ph ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Biochemical Properties ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Forest Site ◽  
Physico Chemical ◽  
Density And Biomass

Abstract The aim of this study was to assess the possibility of using biological and biochemical parameters in the evaluation of forest soil quality and changes caused by land use. The study attempted to determine a relationship between the enzymatic activity of soil, the number of earthworms and soil physico-chemical properties. The study was carried out in central Poland in adjoining Forest Districts (Przedbórz and Smardzewice). In soil samples taken from 12 research plots, basic physico-chemical properties, enzyme activity (dehydrogenase, urease) and density and biomass of earthworms were examined. Enzyme activity showed a large diversity within the forest site types studied. The correlations between the activity of the enzymes studied and C/N ratio indicated considerable importance of these enzymes in metabolism of essential elements of organic matter of forest soils. Urease and dehydrogenase activity and earthworm number showed susceptibility to soil pH, which confirmed relationships between enzyme activity and abundance of earthworms and soil pH in H2O and KCl.

Setting Soil Quality Standards for Health Protection in the Basque Autonomous Community

1995 ◽  
pp. 739-740 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Martinez ◽  
E. Alonso ◽  
L. Gonzalez de Galdeano ◽  
K. Cambra
Keyword(s):  
Soil Quality ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Health Protection ◽  
Autonomous Community

RESISTANT DESORPTION OF HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN TYPICAL CHINESE SOILS: IMPLICATIONS FOR LONG-TERM FATE AND SOIL QUALITY STANDARDS

2007 ◽  
Vol preprint (2007) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Weichun Yang ◽  
Lin Duan ◽  
Nan Zhang ◽  
Chengdong Zhang ◽  
Heather Shipley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Quality ◽  
Organic Contaminants ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants

Contributions of water supply from the weathered bedrock zone to forest soil quality

Geoderma ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 114 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 389-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
James H. Witty ◽  
Robert C. Graham ◽  
Kenneth R. Hubbert ◽  
James A. Doolittle ◽  
Jonathan A. Wald
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Forest Soil ◽  
Soil Quality
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