Volume 1 briefly reviews selected “Approaches to Soil Health Analysis” including a brief history of the concept, challenges and opportunities, meta-data and assessment, applications to forestry and urban land reclamation, and future soil health monitoring and evaluation approaches.
Volume 2 focuses on “Laboratory Methods for Soil Health Analysis” including an overview and suggested analytical approaches intended to provide meaningful, comparable data so that soil health can be used to guide restoration and protection of our global soil resources.
Volume 2 focuses on “Laboratory Methods for Soil Health Analysis” including an overview and suggested analytical approaches intended to provide meaningful, comparable data so that soil health can be used to guide restoration and protection of our global soil resources.
Table of Contents
Approaches to Soil Health Analysis, Volume 11 Soil Health: An Overview and Goals for These Volumes 1Douglas L. Karlen, Diane E. Stott, Maysoon M. Mikha, and Bianca N. Moebius-Clune
2 Evolution of the Soil Health Movement 21Douglas L. Karlen, Mriganka De, Marshall D. McDaniel, and Diane E. Stott
3 The Utility and Futility of Soil Health Assessment 49John F. Obrycki and Lumarie Pérez-Guzmán
4 Metadata: An Essential Component for Interpreting Soil Health Measurements 70Jane M.-F. Johnson and Maysoon M. Mikha
5 Soil Health Assessment of Agricultural Lands 79Diane E. Stott, Brian Wienhold, Harold van Es, and Jeffrey E. Herrick
6 Soil Health Assessment of Forest Soils 100Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Felipe G. Sanchez, Ranjith P. Udawatta, Charles (Hobie) Perry, and Grizelle González
7 A Risk-Based Soil Health Approach to Management of Soil Lead 139Nicholas T. Basta, Alyssa M. Zearley, Jeffory A. Hattey, and Douglas L. Karlen
8 The Future of Soil Health Assessments: Tools and Strategies 169Kristen S. Veum, Marcio R. Nunes, and Ken A. Sudduth
Laboratory Methods for Soil Health Analysis, Volume 2
1 Laboratory Methods for Soil Health Assessment: An Ove view 1Steven R. Shafer, Douglas L. Karlen, Paul W. Tracy, Cristine L.S. Morgan, and C. Wayne Honeycutt
2 Sampling Considerations and Field Evaluations for Soil Health Assessment 17Mark A. Liebig, Dennis Chessman, Jonathan J. Halvorson, and Roberto Luciano
3 Soil Organic Carbon Assessment Methods 38Charles W. Rice, Carlos B. Pires, James Lin, and Marcos V. M. Sarto
4 Water-Stable Soil Aggregate Assessment 52Maysoon M. Mikha and Skye Wills
5 Determination of Infiltration Rate and Bulk Density in Soils 69Jalal D. Jabro and Maysoon M. Mikha
6 Chemical Reactivity: pH, Salinity and Sodicity Effects on Soil Health 78
Yaakov Anker, Vladimir Mirlas, Michael Zilberbrand, and Adi Oren
7 Nutrient Availability: Macro- and Micronutrients in Soil Quality and Health 109James A. Ippolito
8 Assessment and Interpretation of Soil-Test Biological Activity 126Alan J. Franzluebbers
9 Permanganate Oxidizable Carbon: An Indicator of Biologically Active Soil Carbon 152Steve W. Culman, Tunsisa T. Hurisso, and Jordon Wade
10 Is Autoclaved Citrate-Extractable (ACE) Protein a Viable Indicator of Soil Nitrogen Availability? 176Tunsisa T. Hurisso and Steve W. Culman
11 Metabolic Activity - Enzymes 194Verónica Acosta-Martínez, Lumarie Pérez-Guzmán, Kristen S. Veum, Márcio R. Nunes, and Richard P. Dick
12 PLFA and EL-FAME Indicators of Microbial Community Composition 251Kristen S. Veum, Veronica Acosta-Martinez, R. Michael Lehman, Chenhui Li, Amanda Cano, and Marcio R. Nunes
13 Microbial Community Composition, Diversity, and Function 289D. K. Manter, J. M. Moore, R. M. Lehman, and A. K. Hamm
