Soil ecology and ecosystem services /

"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 perspe...

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Corporate Authors: Oxford University Press.
Group Author: Wall, Diana H.; Bardgett, Richard D.
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford :
Publication Dates: 2013.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.iresearchbook.cn/f/ebook/detail?id=4af9d9acc1954dc2b26c348339594ed7
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."--Publisher's website.
Item Description: Originally published: 2012.
Includes index.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xiii, 406 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780191632556
9780199688166
CLC: S154.1
Contents: 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.