UID:
almahu_9948233651002882
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 411 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511541926 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Ecological reviews
Content:
Soil has generally been regarded as something of a 'black box' by ecologists. The importance of soil is obvious: it provides physical support for plants, and both the living and non-living components contribute to a variety of important environmental functions. Soil is a species-rich habitat, but many questions about the ecological significance of the soil's biological diversity, and in particular how it affects ecosystem function, have never been asked. The linkages between above-ground ecology, which is rich in ecological theory, and below-ground ecology, where investigation has been restricted by methodological difficulties, have not been made. Technical developments, including isotopic and molecular methods as well as experimental and modelling approaches, have led to a renaissance in soil biodiversity research. The key areas are reflected in this exciting volume which brings together many leading contributors to explore the role and importance of soil biota.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Introduction --
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Developing new perspectives from advances in soil biodiversity research /
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The Soil Environment --
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The habitat of soil microbes /
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Twenty years of molecular analysis of bacterial communities in soils and what have we learned about function? /
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Carbon as a substrate for soil organisms /
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Patterns and Drivers of Soil Biodiversity --
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The use of model Pseudomonas fluorescens populations to study the cause and consequences of microbial diversity /
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Patterns and determinants of soil biological diversity /
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How plant communities influence decomposer communities /
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The balance between productivity and food web structure in soil ecosystems /
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Rhizosphere carbon-flow : a driver of soil microbial diversity? /
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Consequences of Soil Biodiversity --
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Microbial community composition and soil nitrogen cycling : is there really a connection? /
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Biodiversity of saprotrophic fungi in relation to their function : do fungi obey the rules? /
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Is diversity of mycorrhizal fungi important for ecosystem functioning? /
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Trophic structure and functional redundancy in soil communities /
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Plant-soil feedback and soil biodiversity affect the composition of plant communities /
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Response of the soil bacterial community to perturbation /
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Applications of Soil Biodiversity --
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Soil diversity in rapidly changing tropical landscapes : scaling down and scaling up /
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Restoration ecology and the role of soil diversity /
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Soil biodiversity : stress and change in grasslands under restoration succession /
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Soil biodiversity, nature conservation and sustainability /
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Conclusion --
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Underview : origins and consequences of below ground biodiversity /
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521847094
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511541926
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