Thoumazeaua A. auteur aut IRD Bessoua C. auteur aut IRD Renevier M. S. auteur aut IRD Trap Jean auteur aut IRD Marichal R. auteur aut IRD Mareschal L. auteur aut IRD Decaens T. auteur aut IRD Bottinelli Nicolas auteur aut IRD Jaillard B. auteur aut IRD Chevallier Tiphaine auteur aut IRD Suvannang N. auteur aut IRD Sajjaphan K. auteur aut IRD Thaler P. auteur aut IRD Gay F. auteur aut IRD Brauman Alain auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access The assessment of soil quality is a scientific issue that has been widely debated in the literature for the last twenty years. We developed the Biofunctool (R) framework to assess soil quality based on an integrative approach that accounts for the link between the physico-chemical properties and the biological activity of soils. Biofunctool (R) consists in a set of twelve in-field, time- and cost-effective indicators to assess three main soil functions: carbon transformation, nutrient cycling and structure maintenance. The indicators were applied in a network of mostly rubber plantations compared with three other land uses in Thailand. We collected 1952 indicators values in 180 sampling points over a wide range of pedo-climatic and agronomic contexts in order to assess the validity of the indicators. A reliability, redundancy and sensitivity analysis was performed to validate the capacity of the set of indicators to assess the impact of land management on soil quality. The results showed the relevance and consistence of each of the twelve indicators to assess the soil functioning. Improvements are finally discussed to guide further implementation of the indicators in various contexts and build a soil quality index. specialized Biofunctool (R) Soil functions Soil quality Integrative approach Indicators Land management THAILANDE 068 076 082 020 97 100-110 2019 1470-160X https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010075607 10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.09.023 1470-160X [F B010075607] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010075607 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2019/05/010075607.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2019-06-04 2025-02-24 fdi:010075607 fre