Standardized methods and measurements are crucial for ecological research, particularly in long-term ecological studies where the projects are by nature collaborative and where it can be difficult to distinguish signs of environmental change from the effects of differing methodologies. This second volume in the LTER Network Series addresses these issues directly by providing a comprehensive standardized set of protocols for measuring soil properties.
The goal of the volume is to facilitate cross-site synthesis and evaluation of ecosystem processes. Chapters cover methods for studying physical and chemical properties of soils, soil biological properties, and soil organisms, and they include work from many leaders in the field. The book is the first broadly based compendium of standardized soil measurement methods and will be an invaluable resource for ecologists, agronomists, and soil scientists throughout the LTER Network, and the greater ecological research community.
About the Editors:
- G. Philip Robertson is Professor of Crop and Soil Science at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State Univ
- Caroline S. Bledsoe is Professor of Soil Ecology in the Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources at the Univ of Calif, Davis
- David C. Coleman is Research Professor of Ecology at the Institute of Ecology, Univ of GA
- Phillip Sollins is Professor of Forest Ecology and Soils in the Forest Science Department, Oregon State Univ.