Invertebrates as indicators of soil health
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- Angelica Cameron discusses soil health with farmer Chris Parker
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- Soil health project insect samples
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- Soil samples
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- Angelica Cameron conducting Visual Soil Assessment
Client: Glenelg-Hopkins Catchment Management Authority
Project delivery period: 2015-2017
There is currently much interest by many groups and individuals in soil health. In this project we are looking to see if we can find a correlation between soil invertebrates and other conventional measures of soil health. The project involves sampling for insects and other invertebrates in different seasons at a range of sites nominated by others as “poor” or “good” soils. If we can find a link between invertebrates and soil quality (measured using visual soil assessment methods) then we hope to develop this into a guide that is easy to use by farmers or advisors showing which are the key invertebrates to look for.
