Ecological Management for Soil Quality
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2020) | Viewed by 8669
Special Issue Editor
Interests: soil ecology; fertility management; soil erosion; invasive earthworms; nutrient cycling
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Soil quality is the ability of soils to provide ecosystem services. These services include maintaining clean air and water, reliably provisioning food and fiber, and sustaining the important belowground reservoir of terrestrial biodiversity. For this Special Issue, we are inviting papers that describe hypothesis-based research that probes ecological soil management practices that aim to sustain soil quality for the above ecosystem services. Gowever, we also welcome manuscripts that utilize soil organisms as indicators of soil health. Ecological soil management aims to optimize soil quality for the ecosystem services mentioned above. Manipulations may target physical, chemical or biological properties of soils that affect specific soil food web components, promoting beneficial organisms or discouraging pests. Successful manuscripts will include sound experimental designs with appropriate statistical tests. They will also feature an interaction between organisms and their physical and chemical habitat. The scope of this issue includes agricultural and silvicultural ecosystems in both rural and urban settings.
Dr. Josef H. Gorres
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- soil quality
- ecosystem services
- ecological soil management
- soil habitat
- soil food organisms
- soil food web
- agriculture
- silviculture
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