Soil Quality Evaluation Using the Soil Management Assessment Framework (SMAF) in Brazilian Oxisols with Contrasting Texture

Cherubin, Maurício Roberto; Tormena, Cássio Antônio; Karlen, Douglas L.

doi:10.1590/18069657rbcs20160148

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“…The SQI was devised following the method described by Andrews et al (2004), which has been used by several authors for different types of soil analyses (Cherubin, Tormena, & Karlen, 2017). It uses principal component analysis (PCA) to determine the most appropriate variables to be included in the SQI.…”

Section: Soil Index Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The SQI we propose here is based on results obtained for natural Mediterranean forest soils in the Cuenca mountain range (Spain) and was obtained by applying the same PCA methodology used in other studies in non-agricultural soils in Spain (Bastida et al, 2006;Zornoza et al, 2007), China (Pang, Bao, & Zhang, 2006) and the USA (Cherubin et al, 2017). We developed this SQI using results from soils taken from undisturbed areas with different characteristics, and then applied and calibrated the index in areas with disturbed soils situated in the same forests of the Cuenca mountain range (Zornoza et al, 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

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A soil‐quality index for soil from Mediterranean forests

Andrés-Abellán

Wic-Baena

López‐Serrano

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European J Soil Science

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Treatments involving vegetation thinning have become more frequent in Mediterranean forest ecosystems. Under extreme climate conditions, this practice can affect the balance between physicochemical, microbiological and biochemical soil properties, modifying the soil quality and the ability of these forest ecosystems to regenerate. The aim of this study was to use principal component analysis (PCA) to develop a multivariable soil‐quality index (SQI) applicable to the Mediterranean forest ecosystems of the Cuenca mountain range in central‐eastern Spain. To achieve this, seven physicochemical properties (moisture, pH, electrical conductivity, carbonate, total organic carbon, total nitrogen and available phosphorus) and six microbiological properties (basal respiration and microbial biomass carbon, as well as the activity of dehydrogenase, urease, phosphatase and β‐glucosidase enzymes) were measured seasonally between 2011 and 2012. Soil samples were obtained from seven unmanaged and undisturbed forest areas and these data were used to create the SQI. Subsequently, we applied this SQI to soil samples from other forests in the Cuenca mountain range, which had been affected by different thinning treatments. Our analysis showed that the greater was the canopy present in these treated forests, the larger were the average values for all 13 variables. The smallest SQI values were in areas that had been intensively thinned. Therefore, our results suggest that this SQI is an important tool for the development of appropriate measures to maintain the quality of forest soil in Spanish Mediterranean forest ecosystems. Highlights We developed a multivariable soil quality index (SQI) to assess status of Mediterranean forest ecosystems. This index is adequate to detect changes quickly in forest soil of Mediterranean ecosystems. The SQI helped to assess the effects of thinning treatments on forest soil. The SQI enabled establishment of different levels of soil quality (very high, high, medium and low).

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Section: Soil Index Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Soil-quality Indexmentioning

confidence: 99%

A soil‐quality index for soil from Mediterranean forests

Andrés-Abellán

Wic-Baena

López‐Serrano

et al. 2019

European J Soil Science

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“…According to SMAF guidelines, five indicators are the minimum required to SQ assessment through this tool, with at least an indicator representing soil biological, chemical and physical attributes (Karlen et al, 2008). The importance of each selected indicator was widely discussed by Cherubin et al (2016cCherubin et al ( , 2017;…”

Section: Soil Quality Assessmentmentioning

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“…In contrast, sugarcane straw removal may have negative implications on many soil ecosystem services Carvalho et al, 2016;Cherubin et al, 2017). Several studies have shown the benefits of straw retention including: carbon accumulation , nutrient cycling , water storage and infiltration (Cheong and Teeluck, 2016;, protection against soil erosion and biological activity .…”

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Sugarcane straw removal for bioenergy production: implications on plant and soil responses

Lisboa¹

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“…In this sense, The Soil Management Assessment Framework (SMAF) is a usefull tool to acess Soil Quality (SQ) that has been well accepted by the scientific community in the last years (Bünemann et al, 2018;Cherubin et al, 2017;Lisboa et al, 2019). It gives a score from zero to one, to each biological, physical and chemical factor and allows calculating an integrated score considering all parameters (Andrews et al, 2004;Bünemann et al, 2018;Lisboa et al, 2019).…”

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Restoration of mangrove forests: resilience of pedogenetic processes and soil quality

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Soil Quality Evaluation Using the Soil Management Assessment Framework (SMAF) in Brazilian Oxisols with Contrasting Texture

Cited by 45 publications

References 46 publications

A soil‐quality index for soil from Mediterranean forests

A soil‐quality index for soil from Mediterranean forests

Sugarcane straw removal for bioenergy production: implications on plant and soil responses

Restoration of mangrove forests: resilience of pedogenetic processes and soil quality

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