《森林生态系统土壤和植物分析（英文版）》介绍了土壤和植物分析的方法，将减少在森林中因不当操作引起的风险，同时强调质量保证和质量控制，使研究人员有信心相信他们分析获取的森林土壤信息是可信的。《森林生态系统土壤和植物分析（英文版）》中讨论了用于采样设计、收集、分析土壤的化学和生物特性的基本物理测定过程。这些流程大多对于理解生态系统和环境的土壤特性至关重要，如营养循环，土壤固碳和危险废物处置等，其分析结果有助于制定更合理的资源管理决策。《森林生态系统土壤和植物分析（英文版）》可供研究土壤和植物分析的师生作为教材使用，也可作为实验室分析指南和环境科学研究人员的参考书。
- 前辅文
- Part I Context of Soil and Plant Analysis
- 1 Overview of Soil and Plant Analysis for Forest Ecosystems
- 1.1 Soils are Physically, Chemically and Biologically Complex
- Part II Introductory Methods in Soil and Plant Analyses
- 2 Field Characterization of Soils to Establish Sampling Protocols
- 2.1 Soil Sampling Design and Methods
- 2.1.2 Soil Sample Process Procedure
- 3 Plant Tissue Characterization
- 3.1 Tissue Sampling
- 3.2 Tissue Preparation and Laboratory Extraction
- 4 Introduction: Laboratory Practices
- 4.1 General Laboratory Protocol
- 4.1.1 Safety
- 4.1.2 Laboratory Water
- 4.1.3 Clean-up
- 4.1.4 Waste Disposal
- Part III Soil Physical, Chemical and Biological Analyses
- 5 Methods for Analyzing Soil Physical Characteristics
- 5.1 Soil Moisture
- 5.1.1 Direct Methods of Estimating Soil Moisture and Soil Water Potential
- 5.1.2 Procedure to Determine Gravimetric Water Concentrations
- 5.2 Soil Bulk Density
- 5.2.1 Soil Bulk Density Methods
- 5.3 Soil Texture (Particle Size Analysis or Mechanical Analysis)
- 5.3.1 Soil Texture Methods
- 5.4 Soil Water Potential
- 5.4.1 Pressure Plate Apparatus Procedure: Soil Moisture Release Curve
- 6 Soil Chemical Characterization
- 6.1 Soil pH
- 6.1.1 Measuring pH
- 6.1.2 The Care of pH Electrodes
- 6.2 Electrical Conductivity (EC)
- 6.2.1 Saturated Paste Extract Procedure: Electrical Conductivity
- 6.3 Ion Exchange in Soils
- 6.3.1 Cation Exchange Capacity
- 6.3.2 Exchangeable Cations
- 6.3.3 Extraction Procedures for Exchangeable Cations and Cation Exchange Capacity
- 6.4 Exchangeable Soil Acidity
- 6.5 Extractable Inorganic Soil Nitrogen
- 6.5.1 Extraction Methods for Inorganic Soil Nitrogen
- 6.6 Soil Phosphorus
- 6.6.1 Methodology for Measuring Soil Phosphorus
- 6.6.2 Procedure: Extractable Inorganic Phosphorus
- 6.7 Soil Carbon and Organic Matter
- 6.7.1 Dry Combustion Procedure: Total Soil Carbon and Nitrogen
- 6.7.2 Loss on Ignition (LOI) Procedure: Total Soil Organic Matter
- 6.7.3 Walkley-Black Procedure: Soil Carbon
- 6.8 Selective Dissolution of Iron and Aluminum
- 6.8.1 Extraction Procedure: Organically Complexed Iron and Aluminum
- 6.8.2 Extraction Procedure: Non-crystalline Soil Iron and Aluminum Oxides
- 7 Total Plant and Soil Nutrient Analysis (Digestion)
- 7.1 Wet Oxidation Method
- 7.2 Dry Oxidation Method
- 7.3 Total Dissolved Carbon and Nitrogen in Water
- 7.4 Modified Kjeldahl Digest Procedure: Sulfuric Acid Digest for “Total” Nutrients
- 7.5 “Total” Nutrient Analysis Procedure:Dry Ashing Followed by Nitric Acid Digest
- 7.6 Total Dissolved Nitrogen in Water Procedure:Persulfate Oxidation
- 8 Soil Biology Characterization
- 8.1 Soil Microbes
- 8.1.1 Archaea and Bacteria
- 8.1.2 Fungi
- 8.1.3 Soil Algae and Cyanobacteria (Blue-green Algae)
- 8.2 Methods for Determining Soil Microbial Diversity and Populations—Numbers and Biomass
- 8.2.1 Direct Culture, Microscopy and Image Analysis
- 8.2.2 Microbial Numbers and Microbial Biomass
- 8.3 Mycorrhizas
- 8.3.1 Types of Mycorrhizas
- 8.3.2 Sampling Mycorrhizas
- 8.3.3 Determination of Mycorrhizal Fungal Species
- 8.3.4 Ectomycorrhizal Quantification
- 8.3.5 Identification of Ectomycorrhizal Sporocarps
- 8.3.6 Quantification of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Colonization
- 8.4 Indirect Indices for Soil Biological Activity
- 8.4.1 Soil Respiration
- 8.4.2 Decomposition Rates of Litter
- 8.4.3 Soil Enzymes
- 8.4.4 Functional Biodiversity—Phospholipid Ester-linked Fatty Acids (PLFA) and Substrate Utilization Profiles
- 8.4.5 Molecular Tools for Ecological Systems
- 8.5 Soil Invertebrates
- 8.5.1 Macrofauna with Emphasis on Earthworms
- 8.5.1.1 Extraction Methods
- 8.5.2 Mesofauna
- 8.5.3 Microfauna
- 8.6 Nitrogen Transformations
- 8.6.1 Nitrogen Fixation
- 8.6.2 Denitrification
- Appendices
- References
- Subject Index
