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Soil microbiology, ecology, and biochemistry /

Now in its third edition, this classic textbook includes basic concepts and applications in agriculture, forestry, environmental science, and a new section entirely devoted to ecology. This revised and updated edition guides students through biochemical and microbial processes in soils and introduce...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Paul, Eldor Alvin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, 2007.
Edición:3rd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. BACKGROUND
  • II. SOIL BIOTA
  • III. CONCEPTS AND INTERACTIONS
  • IV. BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
  • V. THE MANAGEMENT OF SOIL ORGANISMS.
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • Part 1. Background
  • 1. Soil microbiology, ecology and biochemistry in perspective / E.A. Paul
  • 2. The soil habitat / R.P. Voroney
  • Part II. Soil biota
  • 3. Physiological and biochemical methods for studying soil biota and their function / E. Kandeler
  • 4. Molecular methods for studying soil ecology / J.E. Thies
  • 5. The prokaryotes / K. Killham and J.I. Prosser
  • 6. Fungi and eukaryotic algae / R.G. Thorn and M.D.J. Lynch
  • 7. Fauna : the engine for microbial activity and transport / D.C. Coleman and D.H. Wall
  • Part III. Concepts and interactions
  • 8. The ecology of soil organisms / S.J. Morris and C.B. Blackwood
  • 9. The physiology and biochemistry of soil organisms / W.B. McGill
  • 10. The ecology of plant-microbial mutualisms / J. Powell and J. Klironomos
  • 11. Spatial distribution of soil organisms / S.D. Frey
  • Part IV. Biochemistry and biogeochemistry
  • 12. Carbon cycling and formation of soil organic matter / W. Horwath
  • 13. Nitrogen transformations / G.P. Robertson and P.M. Groffman
  • 14. Biological N inputs / P.J. Bottomley and D.D. Myrold
  • 15. Soil biogeochemical cycling of inorganic nutrients and metals / A.F. Plante
  • 16. The dynamics of soil organic matter and nutrient cycling / A.F. Plante and W.J. Parton
  • Part V. Soil organisms: man and nature
  • 17. Management of organisms and their processes in soils / J.L. Smith and H.P. Collins
  • 18. Soil microbiology, ecology, and biochemistry for the 21st century / J. Schimel
  • Index.