Soil health: looking for suitable indicators. What should be considered to assess the effects of use and management on soil health?

Soil Health refers to the ecological equilibrium and the functionality of a soil and its capacity to maintain a well balanced ecosystem with high biodiversity above and below surface, and productivity. To understand and use soil health as a tool for sustainability, physical, chemical, and biological...

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Main Authors: Elke Jurandy Bran Nogueira Cardoso, Rafael Leandro Figueiredo Vasconcellos, Daniel Bini, Marina Yumi Horta Miyauchi, Cristiane Alcantara dos Santos, Paulo Roger Lopes Alves, Alessandra Monteiro de Paula, André Shigueyoshi Nakatani, Jamil de Moraes Pereira, Marco Antonio Nogueira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2013-08-01
Series:Scientia Agricola
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162013000400009&lng=en&tlng=en