Biological Indices for Soil Quality Evaluation: Perspectives and Limitations

Use of Reclaimed Mine Soil Index (RMSI) for screening of tree species for reclamation of coal mine degraded land

(2013) Sangeeta Mukhopadhyay et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Glomalin-Related Soil Protein as Potential Indicators of Soil Quality in a Recuperation Gradient of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil

(2013) Rafael L. F. Vasconcellos et al.   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

Soil Quality Indicators Response to Land Use and Soil Management Systems in Northern Ethiopia's Catchment

(2013) Gebreyesus Brhane Tesfahunegn   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

Soil zymography – A novel in situ method for mapping distribution of enzyme activity in soil

(2013) Marie Spohn et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Development of environmental quality indexes based on fuzzy logic. A case study

(2012) Roberto Peche et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

IMPLICATIONS OF COVER CROPS FOR SOIL QUALITY AND GEODIVERSITY IN A HUMID-TEMPERATE REGION IN THE MIDWESTERN USA

(2012) I. Stavi et al.   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

Metatranscriptomics Reveals the Diversity of Genes Expressed by Eukaryotes in Forest Soils

(2012) Coralie Damon et al.   PLoS One

Soil structural stability and erosion rates influenced by agricultural management practices in a semi-arid Mediterranean agro-ecosystem

(2012) F. García-Orenes et al.   SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT

Soil maltase activity by a glucose oxidase–perioxidase system

(2012) Priscilla M. Mfombep et al.   3 Biotech

Intra-annual variation in biochemical properties and the biochemical equilibrium of different grassland soils under contrasting management and climate

(2011) Jorge Paz-Ferreiro et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Soil biochemical activities and the geometric mean of enzyme activities after application of sewage sludge and sewage sludge biochar to soil

(2011) J. Paz-Ferreiro et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Ant mounds as a source of sediment on citrus orchard plantations in eastern Spain. A three-scale rainfall simulation approach

(2011) Artemi Cerdà et al.   CATENA

Effects of mussel shell addition on the chemical and biological properties of a Cambisol

(2011) J. Paz-Ferreiro et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Assessment of soil microbial diversity measurements as indicators of soil functioning in organic and conventional horticulture systems

(2011) Romina Romaniuk et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Effects of tillage and residue management on soil nematode communities in North China

(2011) Xiaoke Zhang et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Soil invertebrates as bioindicators of urban soil quality

(2011) Lucia Santorufo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Integration of biodiversity in soil quality monitoring: Baselines for microbial and soil fauna parameters for different land-use types

(2011) D. Cluzeau et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

SOIL QUALITY AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY ASSESSMENT OF LAND USE EFFECTS IN A TYPIC HAPLUSTOLL

(2011) E. Ozgoz et al.   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

Molecular study of worldwide distribution and diversity of soil animals

(2011) T. Wu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A soil fauna index for assessing soil quality

(2011) Shaokui Yan et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Effect of land use and management on soil bacterial biodiversity as measured by PCR-DGGE

(2010) P.D. Wallis et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Soil quality in a Mediterranean area of Southern Italy as related to different land use types

(2010) R. Marzaioli et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

On the natural capital and ecosystem services of soils

(2010) David A. Robinson et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

Form and function: Metabolic footprints of nematodes in the soil food web

(2010) Howard Ferris   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

Effect of management and climate on biochemical properties of grassland soils from Galicia (NW Spain)

(2010) Jorge Paz-Ferreiro et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

Molecular analyses of β-glucosidase diversity and function in soil

(2010) Rosa Cañizares et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

Effects of liming on soil properties and plant performance of temperate mountainous grasslands

(2010) Iker Mijangos et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Biodiversity is associated with indicators of soil ecosystem functions over a landscape gradient of agricultural intensification

(2010) Steven W. Culman et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Soil microbial biomass and activity under different agricultural management systems in a semiarid Mediterranean agroecosystem

(2010) F. García-Orenes et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Environmental myopia: a diagnosis and a remedy

(2010) Jonathan Silvertown et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Assessment of changes in soil health throughout organic potato rotation sequences

(2009) K.L. Nelson et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Potential indicators of soil quality in temperate forest ecosystems: a case study in the Basque Country

(2009) Nahia Gartzia-Bengoetxea et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Soil enzymes, nematode community and selected physico-chemical properties as soil quality indicators in organic and conventional olive oil farming: Influence of seasonality and site features

(2009) Roberto García-Ruiz et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Effects of ants on water and soil losses from organically-managed citrus orchards in eastern Spain

(2009) Artemi Cerdà et al.   BIOLOGIA

Biochemical properties in managed grassland soils in a temperate humid zone: modifications of soil quality as a consequence of intensive grassland use

(2009) J. Paz-Ferreiro et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Assessment of soil-quality index based on microarthropods in corn cultivation in Northern Italy

(2009) Gian Paolo Aspetti et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Linking Microbial Community Structure and Function to Seasonal Differences in Soil Moisture and Temperature in a Chihuahuan Desert Grassland

(2009) Colin W. Bell et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

A safe operating space for humanity

(2009) Johan Rockström et al.   NATURE

Effects of agricultural management on surface soil properties and soil–water losses in eastern Spain

(2009) F. García-Orenes et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

A soil quality index based on the equilibrium between soil organic matter and biochemical properties of undisturbed coniferous forest soils of the Pacific Northwest

(2009) Guilherme M. Chaer et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Effects of agricultural management on nematode–mite assemblages: Soil food web indices as predictors of mite community composition

(2008) Sara Sánchez-Moreno et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Uncertainty assessment of a soil quality index using geostatistics

(2008) A. Castrignanò et al.   ENVIRONMETRICS

Seasonal variation in enzyme activities and temperature sensitivities in Arctic tundra soils

(2008) MATTHEW D. WALLENSTEIN et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Pulse dynamics and microbial processes in aridland ecosystems

(2008) Scott L. Collins et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Assessing biological indicators for remediated anthropogenic urban soils

(2008) W. Hartley et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Predicting soil quality indices with near infrared analysis in a wildfire chronosequence

(2008) L CECILLON et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Nematodes as indicators of soil recovery in tailings of a lead/zinc mine

(2008) Yuanhu Shao et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Validating the effectiveness and sensitivity of two soil quality indices based on natural forest soils under Mediterranean conditions

(2008) R. Zornoza et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Factors influencing variability of proteolytic genes and activities in arable soils

(2008) M. Mrkonjic Fuka et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Emerging tools for measuring and modeling the in situ activity of soil extracellular enzymes

(2008) Matthew D. Wallenstein et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Suitability of enzyme activities for the monitoring of soil quality improvement in organic agricultural systems

(2008) Roberto García-Ruiz et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Selecting indicators of soil, microbial, and plant conditions to understand ecological changes in Georgia pine forests

(2007) Virginia H. Dale et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS