- total soil organic carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus
- microbial biomass carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus using chloroform fumigation-extraction method, analysis of microbial physiological traits
- available soil nutrients
- greenhouse gas (CO2, CH4 a N20) emissions from soil in laboratory or field conditions
- soil extracellular enzyme activities of major hydrolytic and oxidative enzyme classes
- molecular analyses of soil microbial community (DNA a RNA based methods)
- quantitative PCR, quantification of specific genes involved in carbon and nitrogen cycling in soil
- stable isotope analyses
