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A sensitive soil biological indicator to changes in land-use in regions with Mediterranean climate.
Steinberger, Yosef; Stein, Alfred; Dorman, Michael; Svoray, Tal; Doniger, Tirza; Rinot, Oshri; Gil, Eshel.
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  • Steinberger Y; The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, 5290002, Ramat Gan, Israel. ysteinberger@gmail.com.
  • Stein A; Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands.
  • Dorman M; Department of Geography and Environmental Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel.
  • Svoray T; Department of Geography and Environmental Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel.
  • Doniger T; The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, 5290002, Ramat Gan, Israel.
  • Rinot O; Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel.
  • Gil E; Soil Erosion Research Station, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, HaMaccabim Road, P.O. Box 30, 50200, Rishon LeZion, Beit Dagan, Israel.
Sci Rep ; 12(1): 22216, 2022 12 23.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36564443
The demand for reliable indicators to quantify soil health has increased recently. We propose and test the use of soil microbial functional diversity as an indicator of multifunctional performance in agriculturally important areas. Agricultural fields in the Mediterranean and semiarid regions of Israel were selected as test sites and measured in Spring and Autumn seasons. Measurements included microbial parameters, basic soil abiotic properties and biological responses to agricultural management relative to measures of a natural ecosystem. Using a canonical correlation analysis we found that soil moisture was the most important basic soil property with different responses in Spring and Autumn. In Spring, it had a strongly negative relation with microbial biomass (MB), community level physiological profiling (CLPP) and the Shannon-Weaver index H', while in Autumn it had a strong relation with CLPP. We further show a significant interaction between CLPP and climate for land-use type "orchards". CLPP measured in the autumn season was thus identified as a useful and rapid biological soil health indicator, recommended for application in semiarid and Mediterranean agricultural regions. Apart from obtaining a better understanding of CLPP as the soil indicator, the study concludes that CLPP is well suited to differentiate between soils in different climates, seasons and land use types. The study shows a promising direction for further research on characterizing soil health under a larger variety of conditions.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Suelo / Ecosistema Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: Sci Rep Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Israel Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Suelo / Ecosistema Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: Sci Rep Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Israel Pais de publicación: Reino Unido