Book contents
- Rebuilding an Ecosystem
- Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
- Rebuilding an Ecosystem
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I Beginnings
- Part II Results
- 6 Plants
- 7 Arthropods
- 8 Truffle Fungi
- 9 Soils
- 10 Soil Microbe and Fungal Communities
- 11 Inferring Diet from Isotope Analysis of Scat and Hair
- 12 Systematic Selection of Species for Reintroduction
- 13 Vertebrates
- 14 An Introduction to the Eastern Bettong
- 15 Translocating the Eastern Bettong
- 16 Establishing the Eastern Bettong and Moving towards Coexistence
- 17 Ecosystem Effects of the Eastern Bettong
- 18 Social and Cultural Perspectives
- 19 Synthesis for Ecological Teaching
- Part III Reflections and the Future
- Appendices
- Index
- References
9 - Soils
from Part II - Results
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Book contents
- Rebuilding an Ecosystem
- Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
- Rebuilding an Ecosystem
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I Beginnings
- Part II Results
- 6 Plants
- 7 Arthropods
- 8 Truffle Fungi
- 9 Soils
- 10 Soil Microbe and Fungal Communities
- 11 Inferring Diet from Isotope Analysis of Scat and Hair
- 12 Systematic Selection of Species for Reintroduction
- 13 Vertebrates
- 14 An Introduction to the Eastern Bettong
- 15 Translocating the Eastern Bettong
- 16 Establishing the Eastern Bettong and Moving towards Coexistence
- 17 Ecosystem Effects of the Eastern Bettong
- 18 Social and Cultural Perspectives
- 19 Synthesis for Ecological Teaching
- Part III Reflections and the Future
- Appendices
- Index
- References
Summary
Soils underpin terrestrial net primary productivity via the provision of critical ecosystem services. To maintain or rebuild ecosystems, the quantification of soil state and function is required to determine biophysical constraints that may require specific interventions. The establishment of a soil monitoring and evaluation programme as part of the rebuilding of degradation ecosystems will enable the quantification of soil state and function. This will determine how ecosystem engineers are alleviating soil biophysical constraints that are impacting on ecosystem function. A key component of soil monitoring and evaluation is to have a well-defined methodology and sample and data capture plan.
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- Rebuilding an EcosystemIntegrating Applied Research and Restoration, pp. 188 - 201Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2026
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