Editorial: Soil health, functions, and ecosystem services: insights into soil parameters and methods of integration

• Published in: Frontiers in environmental science Vol. 12
• Main Authors: Meersmans, Jeroen, Colinet, Gilles, Negassa, Wakene
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: Lausanne Frontiers Research Foundation 11.01.2024; Frontiers Media SA; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: Agricultural land; Agricultural management; Carbon sequestration; Climate change; climate regulation; Crop management; Earth sciences & physical geography; Ecosystem services; Ecosystems; Editing; Editorials; Environmental management; Environmental Science (all); Environmental sciences & ecology; Environmental stress; Flood management; food security; General Environmental Science; Green revolution; Intensive farming; Land use planning; Life sciences; Mineral fertilizers; Organic carbon; Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences; Physique, chimie, mathématiques & sciences de la terre; Pollutants; Sciences de la terre & géographie physique; Sciences de l’environnement & écologie; Sciences du vivant; Soil erosion; soil functions; soil health; soil organic carbon; Soil properties; soil quality; Soil sciences; Soils; sustainability; Sustainable agriculture; Sustainable development; Water quality; Water security; Writing; Thailand; China; India

[...]improving our understanding of the response of soil properties to various management practices and environmental stressors is a prerequisite to maintain or even enhance soil functions (e.g., regulating water quality and availability, sustaining plant and animal life, filtering and buffering env...