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The effect of intrinsic soil properties on soil quality assessments

Alessandro Samuel-Rosa, Ricardo Simão Diniz Dalmolin, Pablo Miguel, Jovani Zalamena, Deborah Pinheiro Dick

01/Oct/2013

The assessment of soil quality is based on indicators and indices derived from soil properties. However, intrinsic soil properties may interfere with other soil properties that vary under different land uses and are used to calculate the indices. The aim of this study was to assess the extent to which intrinsic soil properties (clay and iron oxide contents) explain variable soil properties (sum of bases, potential acidity, organic carbon, total porosity, and bulk density) under different land uses (native forest, […]