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Comparing different methods to determine soil physical quality in a mediterranean forest and pasture land

2016

Soil physical quality (SPQ) can be assessed by different experimental methodologies and criteria and the optimal/critical values or ranges for SPQ indicators are still approximate. Sampling soils with minimal anthropic pressures should allow improvements in SPQ assessment. Different experimental methodologies and criteria were applied to sample a Mediterranean oak forest (Quercus ilex L.) and pasture land, in Sicily, with a varying degree of anthropic disturbance. Soil water retention was determined in the laboratory and the field, using the BEST (Beerkan Estimation of Soil Transfer parameters) procedure of soil hydraulic characterization. Capacity-based indicators, the S index, and locatio…

Mediterranean climategeographysoil physical quality indicators soil water retension dendrometric parametersgeography.geographical_feature_categorySettore AGR/05 - Assestamento Forestale E Selvicolturamedia_common.quotation_subjectSoil ScienceSampling (statistics)Soil science04 agricultural and veterinary sciences010501 environmental sciences01 natural sciencesPastureForest coverSoil water040103 agronomy & agriculture0401 agriculture forestry and fisheriesEnvironmental scienceSettore AGR/08 - Idraulica Agraria E Sistemazioni Idraulico-ForestaliOak forestQuality (business)Soil parameters0105 earth and related environmental sciencesmedia_common
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