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The differences between land quality and soil quality, and between soil quality and soil health, can be summarized as a transition in focus from land quality to soil quality and soil health going from inherent to dynamic soil properties.
“The di ff erences between land quality and soil quality observed by Karlen et al. (2003) and between soil quality and soil health observed by Pankhurst et al. (1997) and Moebius-Clune et al. (2016) can be summarized in a transition in focus from land quality to soil quality and soil health going from inherent to dynamic soil properties.”
From Soil quality – A critical review (2018) · cites this paper as Karlen et al. (2003)
Land quality and land evaluation primarily address inherent soil properties that do not change easily and are often assessed for the entire profile, whereas soil quality is more focused on dynamic soil properties that can be strongly influenced by management and are mainly monitored in the surface horizon (0-25 cm).
“Whereas land quality and land evaluation primarily address the inherent soil properties that do not change easily and are often assessed for the entire pro fi le, soil quality is more focused on the dynamic soil properties that can be strongly in fl uenced by management and are mainly monitored in the surface horizon (0 -25 cm) of the soil (Karlen et al., 2003).”
From Soil quality – A critical review (2018) · cites this paper as Karlen et al., 2003
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Metadata
- Authors
- Karlen, D. L., Ditzler, C. A., & Andrews, S. S.
- Affiliations
- Agricultural Research Service (US)
- Corresponding author
- Karlen, Douglas L.
- ORCID
- Karlen, Douglas L.
- Venue
- Geoderma
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2003-06
- Volume
- 114
- Issue
- 3-4
- Pages
- 145-156
- ISSN
- 0016-7061 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2104562823
- Cited by
- 617
- References
- 48
- Citations by year
- 2026: 34 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 47 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 45 · 2021: 54 · 2020: 48 · 2019: 45 · 2018: 43 · 2017: 34 · 2016: 28 · 2015: 20 · 2014: 44 · 2013: 13 · 2012: 24
- FWCI
- 10.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Geoderma (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Science and Environmental Management
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Management and Crop Yield
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant and soil sciences
- Keywords
- soil quality, soil quality assessment, sustainable land management, visual soil assessment, soil ecosystem services, soil functions, soil resources, soil management
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