A sensitive soil biological indicator to changes in land-use in regions with Mediterranean climate

TitleA sensitive soil biological indicator to changes in land-use in regions with Mediterranean climate
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2022
AuthorsSteinberger Y., Stein A., Dorman M., Svoray T., Doniger T., Rinot O., Gil E.
JournalScientific Reports
Volume12
Pagination10
Date PublishedDec
Type of ArticleArticle
ISBN Number2045-2322
Accession NumberWOS:000965605400030
Keywordscommunities, diversity, health indicators, management, microbial biomass, PROFILES, quality, respiration, Science & Technology - Other Topics, substrate utilization, SYSTEMS
Abstract

The demand for reliable indicators to quantify soil health has increased recently. We propose and test the use of soil microbial functional diversity as an indicator of multifunctional performance in agriculturally important areas. Agricultural fields in the Mediterranean and semiarid regions of Israel were selected as test sites and measured in Spring and Autumn seasons. Measurements included microbial parameters, basic soil abiotic properties and biological responses to agricultural management relative to measures of a natural ecosystem. Using a canonical correlation analysis we found that soil moisture was the most important basic soil property with different responses in Spring and Autumn. In Spring, it had a strongly negative relation with microbial biomass (MB), community level physiological profiling (CLPP) and the Shannon-Weaver index H', while in Autumn it had a strong relation with CLPP. We further show a significant interaction between CLPP and climate for land-use type "orchards". CLPP measured in the autumn season was thus identified as a useful and rapid biological soil health indicator, recommended for application in semiarid and Mediterranean agricultural regions. Apart from obtaining a better understanding of CLPP as the soil indicator, the study concludes that CLPP is well suited to differentiate between soils in different climates, seasons and land use types. The study shows a promising direction for further research on characterizing soil health under a larger variety of conditions.

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Steinberger, Yosef Stein, Alfred Dorman, Michael Svoray, Tal Doniger, Tirza Rinot, Oshri Gil, Eshel
Dorman, Michael/F-7389-2010; Svoray, Tal/G-5667-2012
Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development project [20-03-0001]; Bar-Ilan University of Raman Gan; University of Twente; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
The work presented here was mainly funded by the Chief Scientist-Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development project #20-03-0001 and also by internal funds by the Bar-Ilan University of Raman Gan, the University of Twente, and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

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