Soil quality – A critical review

Bünemann, Else K.; Bongiorno, Giulia; Bai, Z.G.; Creamer, Rachel; Deyn, Gerlinde B. De; Goede, R.G.M. de; Fleskens, Luuk; Geissen, Violette; Kuyper, Thomas W.; Mäder, Paul; Pulleman, Mirjam; Sukkel, W.; Groenigen, J.W. van; Brussaard, L.

doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.01.030

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“…This comprehensive but complex definition refers to the multi-functionality of soils providing ecosystem services but also to the site specificity of the soil properties (Bünemann et al, 2018). Urban gardens not only provide vegetables and fruits, they are also important to conserve and provide niches for above-and below-ground biodiversity.…”

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“…A definition of soil fertility is given in the Swiss ordinance on impacts on soils (Swiss Federal Council, 1998) comprising among others the ability of harboring a biologically active community, a typical site-specific soil structure, an undisturbed decomposition and no risk for humans and animals, when they take it up directly. We evaluated soil quality using a comprehensive set of inherent and dynamic soil properties, which were often used in soil quality assessment approaches (Bünemann et al, 2018). In addition to 44 measures of soil quality (MSQ), we analyzed the decomposability of tea bags and the suitability of habitats for earthworms as important soil functions.…”

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A Gardener's Influence on Urban Soil Quality

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“…The role of the soil system from the perspective of the ecosystem services concept was recently substantiated in a number of publications (Adhikari & Hartemink, 2016;Baveye et al, 2016;Bünemann et al, 2018;Keesstra et al, 2016;Schwilch et al, 2016;Stavi et al, 2016) in addition to earlier studies on distinct aspects (Bennett, Mele, First, the importance of managing soil functions to support ecosystem services is widely acknowledged (Breure et al, 2012;Schulte et al, 2014). However, the operationalization of linkages between soil management, soil functions, and ecosystem services remains a challenge (Schwilch et al, 2016;Stavi et al, 2016).…”

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“…To deal with data limitations, applications would involve a combination of quantitative analysis and qualitative, expert based assessments, for example, through the use of Bayesian belief networks (Gonzalez, Luque, Poggio, Smith, & Gimona, 2016). Stakeholder engagement in the application would improve the adoption of assessment results by land managers and policy (Bünemann et al, 2018).…”

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Managing soil functions for a sustainable bioeconomy—Assessment framework and state of the art

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Bioeconomy strategies have been adopted in many countries around the world. Their sustainable implementation requires a management of soils that maintains soil functions and avoids land degradation. Only then, ecosystem services can be maintained and resources used efficiently. We present an analytical framework for impact assessment that links policy and technology driving forces for soil management decisions to soil processes, soil functional changes, and their impacts on ecosystem services and resource use efficiency, both being targets that have been set by society and are anchored in bioeconomy policy strategies and sustainable development goals. Although the resource use efficiency concept has a long-term tradition, most studies of agricultural management do not address the role of soils in their efficiency assessment. The concept of ecosystem services has received increasing attention over the last years; however, its link to soil functions and soil management practices is still not well established. This study is the first to conceptually link the socioeconomic processes of external drivers for soil management with the natural processes of soil functions and connect them back to impacts on the social system. Application of the framework helps strengthen the science-policy interface and to systemically assess and compare the opportunities and threats of soil management practices from the perspective of goals set by society at different spatial and temporal scales. Insights gained in this way can be applied in stakeholder decisionmaking processes and used to inform the design of governance instruments aimed at sustainable soil management within a bioeconomy. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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“…or low nutrient content. On‐the‐other‐hand, soil degradation is not restricted to these factors but is a complex problem that can be assessed by different approaches (Bünemann et al, ). The broad field of soil degradation raises questions from several disciplines including social sciences or politics (Stevens, ).…”

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Effect of the post treatments for biowaste‐based digestates on water solubility of nutrients and iron‐cyanide (Fe‐CN) complex mobility

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With recent policy developments, an increase in organic waste utilization is expected. However, the use of organic amendments to reduce the mobility of iron‐cyanide (Fe‐CN) complexes and simultaneously promote vegetation growth has not been studied before. Therefore, we evaluated the effect of (a) drying, (b) composting, and (c) pelletizing on the ability of digestates (biowastes from an anaerobic treatment of municipal organic waste) to provide easily available nutrients and stabilize Fe‐CN complexes. Extraction with deionized water resulted in a considerably higher nutrient and carbon elution from air‐dried and oven‐dried digestates (50% dry matter [DM] of total K, 11% DM Mg, 7% DM Ca, and 6% DM C). Mixer‐pelletized digestates stand out among the composted samples (42% of total K, 3% DM C, 5% DM P, 1.5% DM Mg, and 1% DM Ca). The adsorption experiment showed the highest significant tot. CN conc. reduction using noncomposted, air‐dried (100%), and oven‐dried (82%) digestates. Significant correlations have been found for Mg, Ca, and dissolved organic carbon elution and slightly acidic pH as well as CN adsorption. The Fourier transform infrared analysis revealed Fe‐CN complexation on inorganic (K2Mn[FeII (CN)6] and NH4Fe[FeII (CN)6]) and organic constituents indicating formation of nitriles. Air‐ and oven‐dried digestates showed the most promising results in terms of nutrients' availability and ability to decrease Fe‐CN complex mobility.

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Soil quality – A critical review

Cited by 1,586 publications

References 171 publications

A Gardener's Influence on Urban Soil Quality

A Gardener's Influence on Urban Soil Quality

Managing soil functions for a sustainable bioeconomy—Assessment framework and state of the art

Effect of the post treatments for biowaste‐based digestates on water solubility of nutrients and iron‐cyanide (Fe‐CN) complex mobility

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