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Investigation of Soil Conditioning Index Values For Southern High Plains Agroecosystems
Ted M. Zobeck, James Crownover, Monty Dollar, R. Scott Van Pelt, Veronica Acosta-Martinez, Kevin F. Bronson, Dan R. Upchurch

Carbon and Nitrogen Pools of Southern High Plains Cropland and Grassland Soils
Kevin F. Bronson, Ted M. Zobeck, Teresita T. Chua, Veronica Acosta-Martinez, R. Scott van Pelt, and J. D. Booker

Simulating Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration in Cotton Production Systems with EPIC and the Soil Conditioning Index in the Southeastern USA
Deborah A. Abrahamson, M. Lee Norfleet, Hector J. Causarano, Jimmy R. Williams, Joey N. Shaw, and Alan J. Franzluebbers

The Soil Management Assessment Framework: A Quantitative Soil Quality Evaluation Method
Susan S. Andrews, Douglas L. Karlen, and Cynthia A. Cambardella

Soil Management Assessment Framework Web Site

http://soilquality.sustainability.uiuc.edu/

Username: reviewer 
Password: soilquality

At the first page you can click directly on the link "The Soil Quality Index Tool" to get to SMAF.

OR, if you would like some background information first, click on "The Soil Quality Pages", then 'How can I assess SQ ?", and finally  "description" for #2 SQ index on the right hand side of the list of tools.

You can go straight to SMAF (Index) from the description page. (Because the site is password protected, I can't give the URL to go straight to the description.)

 

Soil Quality Assessment in the South Fork Watershed
Douglas L. Karlen

The Soil Management Assessment Framework: Potential Applications for NRCS
Susan S. Andrews

NRCS Soil Quality Tool: Overview (April 25, 2007)
Susan S. Andrews


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