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 …

Soil health is defined as the capacity of soil to function, within ecosystem boundaries, to
sustain crop and animal productivities, maintain or enhance environmental sustainability …

Fertile soils have been an essential resource for humanity for 10,000 y, but the ecological
mechanisms involved in the creation and restoration of fertile soils, and especially the role of …

The demand for food based on intensive agriculture has decreased soil quality, posing great
challenges such as increasing agricultural productivity and promoting environmental …

Soil health, along with water supply, is the most valuable resource for humans, as human life
depends on the soil's generosity. Soil degradation, therefore, poses a threat to food security …

Soil security, an overarching concept of soil motivated by sustainable development, is
concerned with the maintenance and improvement of the global soil resource to produce …

Our objective is to provide an optimistic strategy for reversing soil degradation by increasing
public and private research efforts to understand the role of soil biology, particularly …

Conversion of native rangelands to croplands potentially influences soil functions and
quality. The aim of the current study was to assess soil quality (SQ) after rangeland …

Fundamentals of Soil Ecology, 3rd Edition, offers a holistic approach to soil biology and
ecosystem function, providing students and ecosystem researchers with a greater …

Erosion rates and annual soil loss tolerance (T) values in evaluations of soil management
practices have served as focal points for soil quality (SQ) research and assessment …