Soil quality and organic carbon ratios in mountain agroecosystems of South-east Spain

Miralles, Isabel; Ortega, Raúl; Almendros, G.; Sánchez‐Marañón, M.; Soriano, Miguel

doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.01.011

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“…Miralles et al (2009) observed that most soil properties measured in forest soils from southeastern Spain were highly correlated with SOC. They established SQ indicators consisting of ratios to SOC, which inform about the specific activity (per C unit) or performance of the organic matter, independently of its total content.…”

Section: Forest Management and Soil Quality Indicatorsmentioning

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Identification of sensitive indicators to assess the interrelationship between soil quality, management practices and human health

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Bastida

et al. 2015

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Abstract. Soil quality (SQ) assessment has long been a challenging issue, since soils present high variability in properties and functions. This paper aims to increase the understanding of SQ through the review of SQ assessments in different scenarios providing evidence about the interrelationship between SQ, land use and human health. There is a general consensus that there is a need to develop methods to assess and monitor SQ for assuring sustainable land use with no prejudicial effects on human health. This review points out the importance of adopting indicators of different nature (physical, chemical and biological) to achieve a holistic image of SQ. Most authors use single indicators to assess SQ and its relationship with land uses -soil organic carbon and pH being the most used indicators. The use of nitrogen and nutrient content has resulted sensitive for agricultural and forest systems, together with physical properties such as texture, bulk density, available water and aggregate stability. These physical indicators have also been widely used to assess SQ after land use changes. The use of biological indicators is less generalized, with microbial biomass and enzyme activities being the most selected indicators. Although most authors assess SQ using independent indicators, it is preferable to combine some of them into models to create a soil quality index (SQI), since it provides integrated information about soil processes and functioning. The majority of revised articles used the same methodology to establish an SQI, based on scoring and weighting of different soil indicators, selected by means of multivariate analyses. The use of multiple linear regressions has been successfully used for forest land use. Urban soil quality has been poorly assessed, with a lack of adoption of SQIs. In addition, SQ assessments where human health indicators or exposure pathways are incorporated are practically inexistent. Thus, further efforts should be carried out to establish new methodologies to assess soil quality not only in terms of sustainability, productivity and ecosystem quality but also human health. Additionally, new challenges arise with the use and integration of stable isotopic, genomic, proteomic and spectroscopic data into SQIs.

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Section: Forest Management and Soil Quality Indicatorsmentioning

confidence: 95%

Identification of sensitive indicators to assess the interrelationship between soil quality, management practices and human health

Zornoza

Acosta

Bastida

et al. 2015

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“…Most of these focus on the evaluation of SQI for SQ monitoring under particular soil uses and/or under particular conditions, such as soils under OF ( [203,204], forest soils under different types of management [49,205], extensive rainfed cereal crops in semi-arid land [206], Mediterranean mountain agrosystems and vineyards [207,208], and many others. Since biological SQI are generally not considered in large soil inventories or monitoring networks [209], many of these studies identify suitable biological SQI such as microbial parameters, soil fauna, earthworms and other macro invertebrates, etc.…”

Section: Soil Quality and Ecosystem Services Of Soils In Western Europementioning

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Soil Degradation and Soil Quality in Western Europe: Current Situation and Future Perspectives

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“…In fact, recent estimates suggest that European forest soils will possibly act as net CO 2 sinks in response to climate change (Kirkby et al, 2005), whereas agricultural soils will either not undergo any changes (Heidmann et al, 2002) or will loss organic matter (Sleutel et al, 2003) and will therefore emit CO 2 . In light of these differences, it is essential to determine how the organic matter in soils under different types of use, and presumably of different quality (Miralles et al, 2009), would react to variations in climatic parameters. Such knowledge could then be used to plan the best use of the soil in order to minimize CO 2 emissions and favour increased C stocks in soils.…”

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Sensitivity of soil respiration to moisture and temperature

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Gil‐Sotres

Leirós

et al. 2013

J. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr.

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Soil quality and organic carbon ratios in mountain agroecosystems of South-east Spain

Cited by 58 publications

References 42 publications

Identification of sensitive indicators to assess the interrelationship between soil quality, management practices and human health

Identification of sensitive indicators to assess the interrelationship between soil quality, management practices and human health

Soil Degradation and Soil Quality in Western Europe: Current Situation and Future Perspectives

Sensitivity of soil respiration to moisture and temperature

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