02647nam a2200349 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902000180006010000170007824500400009526000510013530000100018649000370019652017860023365000170201965000180203665000170205465000150207165000100208665000210209665000110211765000180212865000110214665000140215765300250217165300150219665300180221165300100222965300220223965300190226170000170228019587802013-05-24 1996 bl uuuu 00u1 u #d a0-89118-826-61 aDORAN, J. W. aMethods for assessing soil quality. aMadison: Soil Science Society of Americac1996 a410p. a(SSSA. Special Publication, 49). aImportance of soil quality to health; and sustainable land management; linkages between soil quality and plant animal and human health; quantitative indicators of soil quality a minimum data set; farmer assessment of soil quality a soil health scorecard; a conceptual framework for assessment and management of soil quality and health; on farm assessment of soil quality and health; standardized methods sampling and pretreatment; physical tests for monitoring soil qualit; soil water parameters and soil quality; soil organic carbon and nitrogen; measurement and use of ph and electrical conductivity for soil quality analysis; assessing soil nitrogen phosphorus and potassium for crop nutrition and environmental risk; role of microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen in soil quality; potentially mineralizable nitrogen as an indicator of biologically active soil nitrogen; field and laboratory tests of soil respiration; soil enzyme activities and biodiversity measurements as integrative microbiological indicators; soil invertebrates as indicators of soil quality; tests for risk assessment of root infection by plant pathogens; assessing organic chemical contaminants in soil; soil quality assessment preliminary case studies; soil quality in Central Michigan rotations with high and low diversity of crops and manure; impact of farming pratices on soil quality in North Dakota; use of soil quality indicators to evaluate conservation reserve program sites in Iowa; quantifying soil condition and productivity in Nebraska; soil quality assessment training for environmental educators; a comparative study of soil quality in two vineyards differing in soil management practices; soil quality information sheets; measuring sustainability of agricultural systems at the farm level. ahuman health aSoil analysis aSoil quality asoil water aÁgua aAnálise do Solo aAnimal aConservação aManejo aQualidade aAgricultural systems aManagement aMonitoramento aPlant aQualidade do solo aSustainability1 aJONES, A. J.