| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 406 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
"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 perspective of examining the ecosystem services produced by soil biota across different scales--from biotic interactions at microscales to communities functioning at regional and global scales. The book leads the user towards an understanding of how the sustainability of soils, biodiversity, and ecosystem services can be maintained and how humans, other animals, and ecosystems are dependent on living soils and ecosystem services."--Page 4 of cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Soil ecology.
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NATURE -- Ecology.
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NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
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Soil ecology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wall, Diana H., editor.
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Bardgett, Richard D., editor.
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| ISBN |
0191774847 |
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9780191774843 |
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9780191632556 |
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0191632554 |
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