Soil quality – A critical review
Sampling and analysis or visual examination of soil to assess its status and use potential is widely practiced from plot to national scales. However, the choice of relevant soil attributes and interpretation of measurements are not straightforward, because of the complexity and site-specificity of s...
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| author | Bünemann, Else K. Bongiorno, Giulia Bai, Zhanguo Creamer, Rachel E. Deyn, Gerlinde de Goede, Ron G.M. de Fleskens, Luuk Geissen, Violette Kuyper, Thomas W. Mäder, Paul Pulleman, Mirjam Margreet Sukkel, Wijnand Groenigen, Jan Willem van Brussaard, Lijbert |
| author_browse | Bai, Zhanguo Bongiorno, Giulia Brussaard, Lijbert Bünemann, Else K. Creamer, Rachel E. Deyn, Gerlinde de Fleskens, Luuk Geissen, Violette Goede, Ron G.M. de Groenigen, Jan Willem van Kuyper, Thomas W. Mäder, Paul Pulleman, Mirjam Margreet Sukkel, Wijnand |
| author_facet | Bünemann, Else K. Bongiorno, Giulia Bai, Zhanguo Creamer, Rachel E. Deyn, Gerlinde de Goede, Ron G.M. de Fleskens, Luuk Geissen, Violette Kuyper, Thomas W. Mäder, Paul Pulleman, Mirjam Margreet Sukkel, Wijnand Groenigen, Jan Willem van Brussaard, Lijbert |
| author_sort | Bünemann, Else K. |
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| description | Sampling and analysis or visual examination of soil to assess its status and use potential is widely practiced from plot to national scales. However, the choice of relevant soil attributes and interpretation of measurements are not straightforward, because of the complexity and site-specificity of soils, legacy effects of previous land use, and trade-offs between ecosystem services. Here we review soil quality and related concepts, in terms of definition, assessment approaches, and indicator selection and interpretation. We identify the most frequently used soil quality indicators under agricultural land use. We find that explicit evaluation of soil quality with respect to specific soil threats, soil functions and ecosystem services has rarely been implemented, and few approaches provide clear interpretation schemes of measured indicator values. This limits their adoption by land managers as well as policy. We also consider novel indicators that address currently neglected though important soil properties and processes, and we list the crucial steps in the development of a soil quality assessment procedure that is scientifically sound and supports management and policy decisions that account for the multi-functionality of soil. This requires the involvement of the pertinent actors, stakeholders and end-users to a much larger degree than practiced to date. |
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| spelling | CGSpace909702025-03-13T09:45:18Z Soil quality – A critical review Bünemann, Else K. Bongiorno, Giulia Bai, Zhanguo Creamer, Rachel E. Deyn, Gerlinde de Goede, Ron G.M. de Fleskens, Luuk Geissen, Violette Kuyper, Thomas W. Mäder, Paul Pulleman, Mirjam Margreet Sukkel, Wijnand Groenigen, Jan Willem van Brussaard, Lijbert ecosystem service indicators monitoring soil fertility soil health stakeholders land soil quality indicadores agentes interesados tierras Sampling and analysis or visual examination of soil to assess its status and use potential is widely practiced from plot to national scales. However, the choice of relevant soil attributes and interpretation of measurements are not straightforward, because of the complexity and site-specificity of soils, legacy effects of previous land use, and trade-offs between ecosystem services. Here we review soil quality and related concepts, in terms of definition, assessment approaches, and indicator selection and interpretation. We identify the most frequently used soil quality indicators under agricultural land use. We find that explicit evaluation of soil quality with respect to specific soil threats, soil functions and ecosystem services has rarely been implemented, and few approaches provide clear interpretation schemes of measured indicator values. This limits their adoption by land managers as well as policy. We also consider novel indicators that address currently neglected though important soil properties and processes, and we list the crucial steps in the development of a soil quality assessment procedure that is scientifically sound and supports management and policy decisions that account for the multi-functionality of soil. This requires the involvement of the pertinent actors, stakeholders and end-users to a much larger degree than practiced to date. 2018-05 2018-02-14T18:17:07Z 2018-02-14T18:17:07Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/90970 en Open Access Elsevier Bünemann, Else K.; Bongiorno, Giulia; Bai, Zhanguo; Creamer, Rachel E.; De Deyn, Gerlinde; Goede, Ron de; Fleskens, Luuk; Geissen, Violette; Kuyper, Thom W.; Mäder, Paul; Pulleman, Mirjam; Sukkel, Wijnand; Van Groenigen, Jan Willem; Brussaard, Lijbert. 2018. Soil quality – A critical review . Soil Biology and Biochemistry 120:105-125. |
| spellingShingle | ecosystem service indicators monitoring soil fertility soil health stakeholders land soil quality indicadores agentes interesados tierras Bünemann, Else K. Bongiorno, Giulia Bai, Zhanguo Creamer, Rachel E. Deyn, Gerlinde de Goede, Ron G.M. de Fleskens, Luuk Geissen, Violette Kuyper, Thomas W. Mäder, Paul Pulleman, Mirjam Margreet Sukkel, Wijnand Groenigen, Jan Willem van Brussaard, Lijbert Soil quality – A critical review |
| title | Soil quality – A critical review |
| title_full | Soil quality – A critical review |
| title_fullStr | Soil quality – A critical review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Soil quality – A critical review |
| title_short | Soil quality – A critical review |
| title_sort | soil quality a critical review |
| topic | ecosystem service indicators monitoring soil fertility soil health stakeholders land soil quality indicadores agentes interesados tierras |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/90970 |
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