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