Ecofunctional soil profile
1998
Munteanu, I. (Institutul de Cercetari pentru Pedologie si Agrochimie, Bucuresti (Romania))
Based on ecological soil functions within terrestrial ecosystems a new concept called, "ecofunctional soil profile" is proposed. It is defined as, "The ensemble of soil layers (horizons) that provides nutrients, air and water supply and root support for plants, that accomplishes filtering, buffering, storage and transforming functions of the soil within terrestrial ecosystems, and that serves as biological habitat and gene reserve for soil flora and fauna". Face to the functions, especially the ecological ones, the question that arises to the soil scientist is how to correlate them with the various facets of soil profile concepts. The aim of this is to attempt an answer to this problem.
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