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1 online resource |
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Front Cover; Soil Nematodes of Grasslands in Northern China; Soil Nematodes of Grasslands in Northern China; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1 -- Introduction; 1.1 GRASSLANDS IN CHINA; 1.2 BACKGROUND INFORMATION OF THE FIELD SURVEY ACROSS THE GRASSLAND TRANSECT; REFERENCES; 2 -- Nematode Diversity and Distribution Along the Grassland Transect; 2.1 NEMATODE COMMUNITY COMPOSITION ALONG THE GRASSLAND TRANSECT; 2.2 PATTERNS OF CLIMATIC DISTRIBUTION OF NEMATODE TROPHIC GROUPS; 2.3 NEMATODE GENERIC RICHNESS AND DIVERSITY |
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2.4 RELATIONS OF NEMATODE ASSEMBLAGE COMPOSITION WITH PLANT AND SOIL PROPERTIESREFERENCES; 3 -- Nematode Genera and Species Description Along the Transect; 3.1 BACKGROUND ON NEMATODE TAXONOMY; 3.1.1 General Information on Soil Nematodes' Life Strategies; 3.1.2 General Morphological Terminologies and Structures of Nematodes; Reproductive System; 3.2 GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NEMATODE FAMILIES RECORDED FROM THE GRASSLAND TRANSECT; 3.3 NEMATODE GENERA AND SPECIES PRESENT IN THE GRASSLAND TRANSECT; REFERENCES; 4 -- Advances and Perspectives in Soil Nematode Ecology in China |
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4.1 PROGRESS AND RESEARCH FIELD IN SOIL NEMATODE ECOLOGY4.2 FUTURE PERSPECTIVES OF SOIL NEMATODE ECOLOGY IN CHINA; 4.2.1 Connection of Soil Nematodes With Other Soil Biota Within Food Webs; 4.2.2 Feedback Between Aboveground and Belowground Communities; 4.2.3 Molecular Analysis of Soil Nematode Diversity; REFERENCES; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; W; X; Back Cover |
| Summary |
Soil Nematodes of Grasslands in Northern China presents research on China's temperate grasslands, providing the findings and results of a large field survey along a transect across the northern temperate grassland. It examines nematode distribution patterns along the transect from trophic group and family, to genus level, also evaluating their relationship with climatic conditions, plant biomass and soil parameters. The book then presents detailed taxonomy information of nematodes to genus or species level, providing keen insights into nematode diversity along the grassland transect in north China. Final sections review the advances and perspectives for the research of soil ecology on soil nematodes in China, including recent major discoveries of soil microbial diversity and eco-function during this field survey. This work will help researchers predict the impact of global change drivers on below ground soil biota and better understand the functioning and services they provide in terrestrial ecosystems. Features previously unavailable information on nematode diversity and distribution along a large geographic region of ChinaDescribes the relationship of nematode assemblage composition with climatic conditions, plant and soil characteristicsCovers nematode genera and species descriptions along the grassland transect |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Soil nematodes -- China
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Invertebrates.
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Soil nematodes
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China
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Electronic book
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Li, Qi, 1978-
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Liang, Wenju
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Zhang, Xiaoke
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Mahamood, Mohammad
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| ISBN |
9780128132753 |
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0128132752 |
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