The Biology of Arid Soils /
Soils have been called the most complex microbial ecosystems on Earth. A single gram of soil can harbor millions of microbial cells and thousands of species. However, certain soil environments, such as those experiencing dramatic change exposing new initial soils or that are limited in precipitation...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter,
[2017]
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Colección: | Life in extreme environments ;
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Soils have been called the most complex microbial ecosystems on Earth. A single gram of soil can harbor millions of microbial cells and thousands of species. However, certain soil environments, such as those experiencing dramatic change exposing new initial soils or that are limited in precipitation, limit the number of species able to survive in these systems. In this respect, these environments offer unparalleled opportunities to uncover the factors that control the development and maintenance of complex microbial ecosystems. This book collects chapters that discuss the abiotic factors that structure arid and initial soil communities as well as the diversity and structure of the biological communities in these soils from viruses to plants. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (196 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9783110419047 3110419041 9783110419146 3110419149 9783110419986 311041998X |