Title Earthworm ecology / edited by Clive A. Edwards

Edition 2nd ed Published Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (441 pages) : illustrations Contents The importance of earthworms as key representatives of the soil fauna -- How earthworms affect plant growth : burrowing into the mechanisms -- Planetary processes and their interactions with earthworm distributions and ecology -- The status of earthworm biogeography, diversity, and taxonomy in North America revisited with glimpses into the future -- Invasion of exotic earthworms into North America and other regions -- Factors affecting the abundance of earthworm in soils -- A comprehensive study of the taxonomy and ecology of the lumbricid earthworm genus Octodrilus from the Carpathians -- Effects of earthworms on soil organic matter and nutrient dynamics at a landscape scale over decades -- Integrating the effects of earthworms on nutrient cycling across spatial temporal scales -- Quantifying the effects of earthworms on soil aggregation and porosity -- Effects of earthworms on soil organization -- Functional interactions between earthworms, microorganisms, organic matter, and plants -- Impacts of earthworms on other biota in forest soils, with some emphasis on cool temperate montane forests -- Managing earthworms as a resource in Australian pastures -- Earthworms in agroecosystems : research approaches -- Earthworms as test organisms in ecotoxicological assessment of toxicant impacts on ecosystems -- Earthworms in environmental research -- The use of earthworms in the breakdown of organic wastes to produce vermicomposts and animal feed protein -- The use of earthworms : natures's gift for utilization of organic wastes in Asia -- State-of-the art and new perspectives on vermicomposting research Summary "Earthworm Ecology, Second Edition: analyzes the history of earthworm research, the importance of earthworms as representatives of soil fauna, the effects of the invasion of exotic earthworms into North America and other regions, and vermiculture and vermicomposting in Europe, Asia, and the United States; highlights the critical beneficial role of earthworms for plant and soil health, and their important role in organic waste management; presents in-depth discussion of earthworm biogeography, diversity, taxonomy, and systematics; provides full coverage of earthworm feeding behavior, food preferences, dietary requirements, and interactions between earthworms and microbial communities; and includes information on the impacts of climate, human activities, soil properties, predation, disease and parasitism, and competition upon earthworm ecology."--Jacket Notes Invited review papers presented at the 5th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology, held in Columbus, Ohio, July 1994 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Earthworms -- Ecology -- Congresses SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Invertebrates. Earthworms -- Ecology Regenwürmer Familie Ökologie Wormen. Ecologie. Biogeografie. Taxonomie. Ecologia (congressos) Genre/Form Electronic books Conference papers and proceedings Form Electronic book Author Edwards, C. A. (Clive Arthur), 1925- ISBN 0203998235 9780203998236 9781420039719 1420039717

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