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 …

The dramatic increase in soil degradation in the last few decades has led to the need to
identify methods to define not only soil quality but also, in a holistic approach, soil health. In …

Soil quality is threatened by the increase in human population and by the fact that most of
the cultivable land is intensively used. The initial interest in this topic focused on defining soil …

An assessment of the functional and structural biodiversity in arable soils, considering the
impact of different tillage systems, is needed in the interest of conserving biodiversity and the …

Continuous rice-wheat (RW) rotation with conventional agronomic practices has resulted in
declining factor productivity and degrading soil resources. A farmer's participatory research …

Soils play a key role for the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. Thus, soils are essential for
human society not only because they form the basis for the production of food. This has …

Human societies rely on the vast diversity of benefits provided by nature, such as food,
fibres, construction materials, clean water, clean air and climate regulation. All the elements …

Soils are one of the most important features of the natural capital of terrestrial ecosystems.
There is a strong and increasing policy requirement for effective monitoring of soils at local …

This study aimed at relating the abundance and diversity of invertebrate communities of
urban soils to chemical and physical soil characteristics and to identify the taxa most …

No início da década de1990, a comunidade científica, consciente da importância do solo
para a qualidade ambiental e para a sustentabilidade agrícola, iniciou a abordagem sobre …