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Standard soil methods for long-term ecological research / edited by G. Philip Robertson [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Long-term ecological research network series ; 2
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soil ecology--Research--Congresses.
- Soil ecology.
- Soil ecology--Methodology--Congresses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (481 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Intended for a broad range of ecologists, agronomists and soil scientists, this book provides a standardised set of protocols for measuring soil properties to facilitate cross-site synthesis and evaluation of ecosystem processes.
- Contents:
- Contents; Contributors; 1 Soil Sampling, Preparation, Archiving, and Quality Control; 2 Site and Landscape Characterization for Ecological Studies; 3 Soil Water and Temperature Status; 4 Soil Structural and Other Physical Properties; 5 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen: Pools and Fractions; 6 Exchangeable Ions, pH, and Cation Exchange Capacity; 7 Soil Phosphorus: Characterization and Total Element Analysis; 8 Analysis of Detritus and Organic Horizons for Mineral and Organic Constituents; 9 Collection of Soil Solution; 10 Soil CO[sub(2)], N[sub(2)]O, and CH[sub(4)] Exchange
- 11 Measuring Decomposition, Nutrient Turnover, and Stores in Plant Litter 12 Dinitrogen Fixation; 13 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Availability: Nitrogen Mineralization, Nitrification, and Soil Respiration Potentials; 14 Denitrification; 15 The Determination of Microbial Biomass; 16 Characterizing Soil Microbial Communities; 17 Soil Invertebrates; 18 Methods for Ecological Studies of Mycorrhizae; 19 Measurement of Static Root Parameters: Biomass, Length, and Distribution in the Soil Profile; 20 Fine Root Production and Demography; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1999.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-770203-1
- 1-280-47058-5
- 9786610470587
- 0-19-802826-1
- 1-60256-289-X
- OCLC:
- 475957811
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