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Soil ecology and ecosystem services /

"This multi-contributor, international volume synthesizes contributions from the world's leading soil scientists and ecologists, describing cutting-edge research that provides a basis for the maintenance of soil health and sustainability. The book covers these advances from a unique perspe...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Wall, Diana H. (Editor ), Bardgett, Richard D. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Soil as a habitat / Patrick Lavelle
  • Soil biodiversity and functions / Susanne Wurst, Gerlinde B. De Deyn, and Kate Orwin
  • Ecosystem services provided by the soil biota / Lijbert Brussaard
  • From single genes to microbial networks / Evelyn Hackl [and others]
  • From genes to ecosystems : plant genetics as a link between above- and belowground processes / Jennifer A. Schweitzer [and others]
  • Delivery of soil ecosystem services : from Gaia to genes / Katarina Hedlund and Jim Harris
  • Succession, resource processing, and diversity in detrital food webs / Justin Bastow
  • Patterns of biodiversity at fine and small spatial scales / Matty P. Berg
  • Linking soil biodiversity and human health : do arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi contribute to food nutrition? / Pedro M. Antunes [and others]
  • Ecosystem influences of fungus-growing termites in the dry paleotropics / Gregor W. Schuurman
  • The biogeography of microbial communities and ecosystem processes : implications for soil and ecosystem models / Mark A. Bradford and Noah Fierer
  • Biogeography and phylogenetic community structure of soil invertebrate ecosystem engineers : global to local patterns, implications for ecosystem functioning and services and global environmental change impacts / Lijbert Brussaard [and others]
  • Climate change and soil biotic carbon cycling / Nicholas J. Ostle and Susan E. Ward
  • The impact of nitrogen enrichment on ecosystems and their services / Peter Manning
  • Urbanization, soils, and ecosystem services / Mitchell A. Pavao-Zuckerman
  • Management of grassland systems, soil, and ecosystem services / Phil Murray, Felicity Crotty, and Nick van Eekeren
  • Soil productivity and erosion / Kristof Van Oost and Martha M. Bakker
  • Agroforestry and soil health : linking trees, soil biota, and ecosystem services / Edmundo Barrios [and others]
  • Soil health : the concept, its role, and strategies for monitoring / Douglas L. Karlen
  • Managing soil biodiversity and ecosystem services / Michel A. Cavigelli, Jude E. Maul, and Katalin Szlavecz
  • Soil ecosystem resilience and recovery / A. Stuart Grandy, Jennifer M. Fraterrigo, and Sharon A. Billings
  • Applying soil ecological knowledge to restore ecosystem services / Sara G. Baer, Liam Heneghan, and Valerie T. Eviner.
  • Sec. 1. The living soil and ecosystem services
  • Sec. 2. From genes to ecosystem services
  • Sec. 3. Community structure and biotic assemblages
  • Sec. 4. Global changes
  • Sec. 5. Sustainable soils.