Soil health cluster analysis based on national monitoring of soil indicators

• Published in: European journal of soil science Vol. 72; no. 6; pp. 2414 - 2429
• Main Authors: Seaton, Fiona M., Barrett, Gaynor, Burden, Annette, Creer, Simon, Fitos, Eleonora, Garbutt, Angus, Griffiths, Rob I., Henrys, Pete, Jones, Davey L., Keenan, Patrick, Keith, Aidan, Lebron, Inma, Maskell, Lindsay, Pereira, M. Gloria, Reinsch, Sabine, Smart, Simon M., Williams, Bronwen, Emmett, Bridget A., Robinson, David A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2021; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Arable land; Bogs; bulk density; Carbon; Classification; Cluster analysis; data collection; Datasets; Decision making; Environmental monitoring; Grasslands; Habitats; Identification; Indicators; Land use; Land use management; nitrogen; Parameter identification; Parameters; pH effects; phenoform; Phosphates; phosphorus; Physicochemical processes; Physicochemical properties; Policies; Soil; Soil analysis; soil carbon; Soil chemistry; Soil classification; soil function; soil health; soil map; Soil maps; Soil properties; Soil quality; Soil sciences; Soil surveys; Surveys; texture; Topsoil; Wales; Woodlands; United Kingdom > UK; Wales
• ISSN: 1351-0754; 1365-2389
• DOI: 10.1111/ejss.12958

A major challenge in soil science is to monitor and understand the state and change of soils at a national scale to inform decision making and policy. To address this, there is a need to identify key parameters for soil health and function and determine how they relate to other parameters, including...