Search results
The ability to perform this function is referred to as soil fertility. The clay and organic matter (OM) content of a soil directly influence its fertility. Greater clay and OM content will generally lead to greater soil fertility. The soil in figure 2 has a dark brown to black color, indicating abundant OM accumulation, and a highly fertile soil.
- Glossary
Management of soil and crop cultural practices so as not to...
- Soil Temperature Regimes
Soil Temperature Regimes: Descriptions. In soil taxonomy,...
- Soil Moisture Regimes
Soil moisture regimes are used as a soil classification...
- Major Biomes
The nature and extent of soil formation and development is...
- Human Populations
Lesson: Soil Genesis and Development, Lesson 6 - Global Soil...
- References
Soil Taxonomy: A Basic System Of Soil Classification For...
- Land Quality
Soil Performance. The ability of the land to produce (as...
- Soil Orders
The most general level of classification in the USDA system...
- Glossary
Blum and Santelises (1994) describe a concept of sustainability and soil resilience based on six main soil functions —three ecological functions and three which are linked to human activity. Ecological functions include biomass production (food, fiber, and energy); the soil as a reactor which filters, buffers, and transforms matter to protect ...
Soil functions are general soil capabilities that are important for many areas of life including agriculture, environmental management, nature protection, landscape architecture and urban applications. Six key soil functions are: Food and other biomass production; Environmental Interaction: storage, filtering, and transformation
Abstract The review summarizes the most relevant microbiological characteristics that can serve as indicators of soil ecological functions: bioresource, phytosanitary, as well as the functions of carbon transformation and plant nutrition. The indices of diversity and taxonomic structure of microbial communities as well as abundance of certain groups of microorganisms are estimated to ...
Nov 27, 2021 · Blum divided soil functions into two main domains: ecological functions (biomass production, protection of humans and the environment and gene reservoir) and non-ecological function (physical basis of human activities, source of raw materials and geogenic and cultural heritage).
- Elmira Saljnikov, Frank Eulenstein, Anton Lavrishchev, Wilfried Mirschel, Winfried E. H. Blum, Blair...
- 2022
Soil Ecology and Management describes the organisms inhabiting the soil, their functions and interactions and the dimensions of human impact on the activity of soil organisms and soil ecological function. Chapters discuss basic soil characteristics and biogeochemical cycling, key soil flora and fauna, community-level dynamics (soil food webs) and the ecological and pedological functions of ...
People also ask
What are the two main functions of soil?
What are the ecological functions of soil?
What is soil ecology and management?
Why is soil ecosystem important?
Do microorganisms maintain soil ecological functions?
Which microbiological characteristics serve as indicators of soil ecological functions?
Abstract. Biodiversity in soil is immense, and many soil organisms and their functions are still unknown. Given that the size of soil organisms is linked to how they experience and change the chemical and physical properties of soil, this chapter introduces soil biota according to their size classes, ranging from microbes to macrofauna.
