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The Permaculture Research Digest has summaries of newly published permaculture-related research. All items are hyper-linked to the original publication.
The 'January 2013' archive contains 60 items published in 2012.
Items marked with a # have restricted public access, although abstracts are freely available.
Soil biodiversity
affects both the productivity and stability of agroecosystems and is of paramount importance when designing cropping systems. The progress achieved in soil microbiology in
recent years now makes it possible to propose analyses of soil biology. These
analyses require the use of standardized procedures for soil
sampling, measuring the abundance and diversity of the microbial
communities, and the identification of bioindicators. Similarly,
referential systems need to be established to interpret these analyses
and diagnose the biological status of soils. Great progress to
standardize such procedures has been
achieved during large-scale research programmes on national and European scales. The aim
of ongoing research is thus to propose aids for decision-making, based
on the results of biological analyses, so attempts can be made to
monitor and manage soil biodiversity.
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