Soil biodiversity in Amazonian and other Brazilian ecosystems /

This book contains eleven chapters focusing on the soil biodiversity in one of the key biodiversity hotspots of the world, i.e., the Amazon and nearby regions of Brazil. It covers both the tropical savannah and the rain forests. Also addressed are the patterns of diversity and communities of various...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Moreira, F. M. S. (Fattima M. S.), Siqueira, J. O. (José Oswaldo), Brussaard, L. (Lijbert)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wallingford, U.K. ; Cambridge, Mass. : CABI Pub., ©2006.
Temas:
Soil invertebrates > Ecology > Brazil.
Soil microbiology > Brazil.
Soil biodiversity > Brazil.
Invertébrés du sol > Écologie > Brésil.
Sols > Microbiologie > Brésil.
Biodiversité du sol > Brésil.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry > Environmental)
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
NATURE > Ecology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Formicidae.
Insects.
Isoptera.
Nematoda.
Arthropod communities.
Biodiversity.
Endomycorrhizas.
Forest soils.
Forests.
Grasslands.
Insect communities.
Land use.
Mycorrhizal fungi.
Mycorrhizas.
Nature conservation.
Nitrogen fixing bacteria.
Reviews.
Savanna soils.
Savannas.
Soil bacteria.
Soil fungi.
Soil types.
Species diversity.
Species richness.
Sustainability.
Tropical rain forests.
Tropical soils.
Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizas.
Soil biodiversity
Soil invertebrates > Ecology
Soil microbiology
Brazil
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contributors; Foreword; 1. Soil Organisms in Tropical Ecosystems: a Key Role for Brazil in the Global Quest for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity; 2. Soil and Land Use in the Brazilian Amazon; The colour plate; 3. Soil Macrofauna Communities in Brazilian Amazonia; 4. Earthworm Ecology and Diversity in Brazil; 5. Termite Diversity in Brazil (Insecta: Isoptera); 6. Patterns of Diversity and Responses to Forest Disturbance by Ground-dwelling Ants in Amazonia; 7. Soil Mesofauna in Central Amazon.

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