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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baskin, Yvonne
Autor Corporativo: International Council of Scientific Unions. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press/Shearwater Books, ©2005.
Temas:
Soil animals.
Burrowing animals.
Faune du sol.
Fouisseurs.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
Burrowing animals
Soil animals
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Opening the Black Box
  • Where Nematodes are Lions
  • Of Ferns, Bears, and Slime Molds
  • The Power of Ecosystem Engineers
  • Plowing the Seabed
  • Microbes, Muck and Dead Zones
  • Fungi and the Fate of Forests
  • Grazers, Grass, and Microbes
  • Restoring Power to the Soil.

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