Indicators for evaluating soil quality

By M. Schloter, O. Dilly, J. Munch. 2003

752 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Plant Science, Soil Science

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In Plant Science

1. K. Hrynkiewicz
2. Nanthi S. Bolan
3. M. Rao
4. P. Mäder
5. C. Baum
6. V. Antignani
7. Giuliano Bonanomi
8. W. Wenzel

In Soil Science

1. T. Hernández
2. C. García
3. Jörg Rinklebe
4. Nanthi S. Bolan
5. F. Bastida
6. M. Rao
7. P. Mäder
8. Á. Zsolnay

Citations in the corpus

• Influence of reduced tillage on earthworm and microbial communities under organic arable farming (2013, background): “Surprisingly, fertilization treatments, although differing greatly in organic matter input, had relatively small effects on microbial biomass, which is considered to be a sensitive indicator of changes in overall soil organic matter dynamics (Schloter et al. 2003).”
• Assessing soil quality under intensive cultivation and tree orchards in Southern Italy (2011, background): “than chemical and physical parameters to environmental changes and stresses such as heavy metal pollution (Schloter et al., 2003; Gianfreda andRuggiero, 2006).”
• Soil microbial biomass, functional microbial diversity, and nematode community structure as affected by cover crops and compost in an organic vegetable production system (2012, neutral): “Such indicators have been widely used in discerning changes in soil quality and to make comparisons between different soil types and contrasting management systems (Bending et al., 2004; Schloter et al., 2003).”
• The Potential of Rhizosphere Microorganisms to Promote the Plant Growth in Disturbed Soils (2012, background): “Usually, at such sites a decline in the number, diversity and activity of microorganisms was observed (Schloter et al. 2003; Maila et al. 2006; Labud et al. 2007).”
• Soil amendments for immobilization of potentially toxic elements in contaminated soils: A critical review. (2019, background): “Excess PTEs can also adversely influence the structure or function of microbial communities in soil (Schloter et al., 2003).”
• Past, present and future of soil quality indices : A biological perspective (2008, background): “However, it should be noted that differences might exist in microbial biomass between different soil types without there existing differences in quality (Schloter et al., 2003), for which reason it is necessary to evaluate the quality of soils by integrating a variety of indicators.”