Soil Quality for Crop Production and Ecosystem Health
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contentsvii
- Prefaceix
- Forewordxi
- List of Contributorsxiii
- PART I: INTRODUCTION1
- Chapter 1. Concepts of Soil Quality and Their Significance1
- PART II: SOIL QUALITY ATTRIBUTES21
- Chapter 2. Physical Attributes of Soil Quality21
- Chapter 3. Chemical Attributes and Processes Affecting Soil Quality59
- Chapter 4. Biological Attributes of Soil Quality81
- Chapter 5. An Ecosystem Perspective of Soil Quality115
- Chapter 6. Soil Quality Indicators: Pedological Aspects143
- Chapter 7. Effects of Soil Redistribution on Soil Quality: Pedon, Landscape, and Regional Scales167
- PART III: EVALUATING SOIL QUALITY187
- Chapter 8. Standardisation for Soil Quality Attributes187
- Chapter 9. Soil Quality Control203
- Chapter 10. Pedotransfer Functions to Evaluate Soil Quality221
- Chapter 11. Statistical Approaches to the Analysis of Soil Quality Data247
- Chapter 12. Soil Organic Matter Dynamics and Their Relationship to Soil Quality277
- PAR IV: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS FOR SOIL QUALITY ASSESSMENT293
- Chapter 13. Socioeconomics in Soil-Conserving Agricultural Systems: Implications for Soil Quality293
- Chapter 14. Toward a Framework for Soil Quality Assessment and Prediction313
- Chapter 15. Establishing a Benchmark System for Monitoring Soil Quality in Canada323
- Chapter 16. Case Study of Soil Quality in South-eastern Australia: Management of Structure for Roots339
- Chapter 17. Case Studies of Soil Quality in the Canadian Prairies: Long-term Field Experiments351
- Chapter 18. Soil Organic Matter and Soil Quality„Lessons Learned From Long-term Experiments at Ask399
- GLOSSARY431
- REFERENCES INDEX435
Soil is a complex body that exists as many types, each with diverse properties that may vary widely across time and space as a function of many factors. This complexity makes the evaluation of soil quality much more challenging than that of water or air quality. Evaluation of soil quality now considers environmental implications as well as economic productivity, seeking to be more holistic in its approach.
Thus, soil quality research draws from a wide range of disciplines, blending the approaches of biologists, physicists, chemists, ecologists, economists and agronomists, among others.
This book presents a broad perspective of soil quality that includes these various perspectives and gives a strong theoretical basis for the assessment of soil quality.
A short glossary provides definitions for terms used throughout the book.
Thus, soil quality research draws from a wide range of disciplines, blending the approaches of biologists, physicists, chemists, ecologists, economists and agronomists, among others.
This book presents a broad perspective of soil quality that includes these various perspectives and gives a strong theoretical basis for the assessment of soil quality.
A short glossary provides definitions for terms used throughout the book.