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Under ground : how creatures of mud and dirt shape our world /
Annotation The soils of the Earth, whether underneath our feet or pressurised beneath tons of ocean water, hold life in abundance. A handful of garden dirt may harbour more species than the entire aboveground Amazon. A growing array of scientists is exploring life in soils and sediments, uncovering...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, DC :
Island Press/Shearwater Books,
©2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Annotation The soils of the Earth, whether underneath our feet or pressurised beneath tons of ocean water, hold life in abundance. A handful of garden dirt may harbour more species than the entire aboveground Amazon. A growing array of scientists is exploring life in soils and sediments, uncovering a living world literally alien to our own senses--and yet one whose integrity turns out to be crucial to life above ground. |
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| Notas: | "A project of SCOPE, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (237 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-226) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781429495332 1429495332 9781597261180 1597261181 9781597260039 1597260037 9781597269384 1597269387 |