Foresters have always relied on a knowledge of chemical and physical properties of soils to
assess capacity of sites to support productive forests. Recently, the need for assessing soil …

This chapter aims to discuss some different approaches to quantifying soil quality and to
recommend a framework for measuring and assessing it. The dimensions of scale influence …

In the past 200 years, soil science has used reductionist research to develop agricultural
technologies that have unlocked the hidden potential of earth's natural systems to feed …

In this article, we introduce, evaluate, and apply a new ordinally based soil Productivity
Index (PI). The PI uses family-level Soil Taxonomy information, that is, interpretations of …

This paper is based on an extensive review of soil fertility in the literature of soil science,
agronomy and ethnic studies. The spectrum of scientific opinions on soil fertility was …

Improving soil health Page 1 Improving soil health Edited by Professor William R. Horwath
University of California-Davis, USA BURLEIGH DODDS SERIES IN AGRICULTURAL …

The objective of this chapter is to present facts that lead to a scientific understanding of
organic fertilizers. Organic fertilizers may generally be defined as" plant-nutrient-bearing …

Modern soil science draws on geological-physical-chemical approaches on one side, on bio-
ecological approaches on the other, and on modelling. An important precondition to develop …