Past, present and future of soil quality indices : A biological perspective

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Microbial respiration per unit microbial biomass depends on litter layer carbon-to-nitrogen ratio (2014, background): “It was found that the qCO2 in the soil litter layers was 12 positively correlated with the litter C:N ratio and was negatively related with the litter nitrogen 13 (N) concentration.”
Rhizosphere soil microbial activity under different vegetation types on the Loess Plateau, China (2011, background): “Soil respiration reflects theavailabilityof C formicrobialmaintenance andpossibly the total range of the oxidative capacity of soilmicroflora; it might also be a good indicator of microbial activity (Bastida et al., 2008).”
Soil microbiological properties and enzymatic activities of long-term post-fire recovery in dry and semiarid Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis M.) forest stands (2014, background): “Vegetation and soil type are key factors that can modify soil characteristics and are responsible for maintaining a stable microbial community (Bastida et al., 2008a).”
Enhancing eco-efficiency in agro-ecosystems through soil carbon sequestration. (2010, background): “Furthermore, the impact of these production systems can be quantifi ed through use of soil/land quality indicators (Bindraban et al., 2008; Bastida et al., 2008) based on key soil properties.”