During the last century, soils have been over-exploited by humans through agriculture and
industrial development. The need to assess different aspects of soil degradation has …

Traditional approaches to soil quality evaluation were based on the use of physical,
chemical and microbiological indicators. Recently, new methods, based on soil …

Crop cultivation positively or negatively impacts soil biodiversity and associated ecological
services. The push-pull technology (PPT), a climate-smart cereal-Desmodium spp …

Soil arthropods respond sensitively to land management practices and correlate with
beneficial soil functions. The aim of this research was to determine soil quality using the …

Context Landfill activities physically disrupt soil habitats. When restoring landfill to 'soft'end
uses such as woodland, the appropriate stockpiling and reapplication of native topsoil to …

The study aimed to evaluate soil quality using microarthopods density, diversity and soil
biological quality index (QBS-ar) under different land use systems and elevation gradients. A …

Farm‐scale variation of soil quality indices and association with edaphic properties. Soil
organisms can be used as indicators of dynamic soil quality because their community …

Biodiversity is expected to be an assurance for agroecosystem resilience because it seems
fundamental to preserve basic ecosystem services (ES). To examine in depth these topics …

Landscape simplification and loss of natural and semi-natural habitats are the major causes
of biodiversity decrease in agricultural landscapes. In order to mitigate the effects of …

The concept of soil quality, first proposed in the 1970's, involves a soil's capacity to function
within an ecosystem to sustain plant and animal productivity, maintain and enhance air and …