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ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS SOIL AND P...

This handbook provides an overview of physical  chemical and biological methods used to analyze
soils and plant tissue using an ecosystem perspective. The current emphasis on climate change
has recognized the importance of including soil carbon as part of our carbon budgets. Methods
to assess soils must be ecosystem based if they are to have utility for policy makers and
managers wanting to change soil carbon and nutrient pools. Most of the texts on soil analyis
treat agriculture and not forest soils and these methods do not transfer readily to forests
because of their different chemistry and physical properties. This manual presents methods for
soil and plant analysis with the ecosystem level approach that will reduce the risk that poor
management decisions will be made in forests. This manual was intended for the instructors that
teach students soil and plant analyses  however it can also be used by the research
laboratories and by environmental scientists. The laboratory procedures in this manual are
outlined in easy-to-follow steps and frequently accompanied with examples of calculations 
questions to answer  and also a blank data sheet to use. These methods used in this manual can
be used on soil and plant tissues found in agricultural  horticulture  forestry  urban  and
natural lands.

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