Soil Quality for Crop Production and Ecosystem Health

✍ Scribed by E.G. Gregorich and M.R. Carter (Eds.)

• Publisher: Elsevier, Academic Press
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 465
• Series: Developments in Soil Science 25
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Soil is a complex body that exists as many types, each with diverse properties that may vary widely across time and space as a function of many factors. This complexity makes the evaluation of soil quality much more challenging than that of water or air quality. Evaluation of soil quality now considers environmental implications as well as economic productivity, seeking to be more holistic in its approach. Thus, soil quality research draws from a wide range of disciplines, blending the approaches of biologists, physicists, chemists, ecologists, economists and agronomists, among others. This book presents a broad perspective of soil quality that includes these various perspectives and gives a strong theoretical basis for the assessment of soil quality. A short glossary provides definitions for terms used throughout the book.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Preface
Page ix
E.G. Gregorich, M.R. Carter

Foreword
Pages xi-xii
J.A. McKeague

List of contributors
Pages xiii-xv

Chapter 1 Concepts of soil quality and their significance
Pages 1-19
M.R. Carter, E.G. Gregorich, D.W. Anderson, J.W. Doran, H.H. Janzen, F.J. Pierce

Chapter 2 Physical attributes of soil quality Original Research Article
Pages 21-58
G.C. Topp, W.D. Reynolds, F.J. Cook, J.M. Kirby, M.R. Carter

Chapter 3 Chemical attributes and processes affecting soil quality Original Research Article
Pages 59-79
D. Heil, G. Sposito

Chapter 4 Biological attributes of soil quality Original Research Article
Pages 81-113
E.G. Gregorich, M.R. Carter, J.W. Doran, C.E. Pankhurst, L.M. Dwyer

Chapter 5 An ecosystem perspective of soil quality Original Research Article
Pages 115-141
B.H. Ellert, M.J. Clapperton, D.W. Anderson

Chapter 6 soil quality indicators: Pedological aspects Original Research Article
Pages 143-166
R.J. MacEwan

Chapter 7 Effects of soil redistribution on soil quality: Pedon, landscape, and regional scales Original Research Article
Pages 167-185
D.J. Pennock

Chapter 8 Standardisation for soil quality attributes Original Research Article
Pages 187-201
S. Nortcliff

Chapter 9 Soil quality control Original Research Article
Pages 203-219
F.J. Pierce, D.C. Gilliland

Chapter 10 Pedotransfer functions to evaluate soil quality Original Research Article
Pages 221-245
J.H.M. Wösten

Chapter 11 Statistical approaches to the analysis of soil quality data Original Research Article
Pages 247-276
O. Wendroth, W.D. Reynolds, S.R. Vieira, K. Reichardt, S. Wirth

Chapter 12 Soil organic matter dynamics and their relationship to soil quality Original Research Article
Pages 277-291
H.H. Janzen, C.A. Campbell, B.H. Ellert, E. Bremer

Chapter 13 Socioeconomics in soil-conserving agricultural systems: Implications for soil quality Original Research Article
Pages 293-312
M. Boehm, S. Burton

Chapter 14 Toward a framework for soil quality assessment and prediction Original Research Article
Pages 313-321
K.J. Greer, J.J. Schoenau

Chapter 15 Establishing a benchmark system for monitoring soil quality in Canada Original Research Article
Pages 323-337
C. Wang, B.D. Walker, H.W. Rees

Chapter 16 Case study of soil quality in South-Eastern Australia: Management of structure for roots in duplex soils Original Research Article
Pages 339-350
B. Cockroft, K.A. Olsson

Chapter 17 Case studies of soil quality in the Canadian Prairies: Long-term field experiments Original Research Article
Pages 351-397
C.A. Campbell, H.H. Janzen, N.G. Juma

Chapter 18 Soil organic matter and soil quality—Lessons learned from long-term experiments at Askov and Rothamsted Original Research Article
Pages 399-430
B.T. Christensen, A.E. Johnston

Glossary
Pages 431-434

References index
Pages 435-448