Invertebrates as webmasters in ecosystems /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2000.
• Subjects: Invertebrates > Ecology.; Pests, Pathogens and Biogenic Diseases of Plants, (Discontinued March 2000); Soil Biology.; Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology); Animal Ecology.; Arthropods.; Insects.; Invertebrates.; Nematoda.; Plants.; Agricultural entomology.; Biodiversity.; Community ecology.; Cycling.; Ecology.; Ecosystems.; Food webs.; Forest trees.; Nematology.; Plant nematology.; Soil.; Soil fauna.; Soil invertebrates.; Trees.; Woody plants.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 336 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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The current understanding of invertebrates in terrestrial and terrestrially dominated (i.e. lower-order stream) ecosystems is reviewed and assessed. The book emphasizes the centrality of the activity of invertebrates (including arthropods, insects and nematodes), which influence ecosystem function far out of proportion to their physical mass in a wide range of situations, particularly at the interface between land and air (litter/soil), water and land (sediments) and in tree canopies and root/soil systems. Consisting of 16 chapters by authors from the USA, Canada, Europe and Australia, the book is essential reading for ecologists and invertebrate biologists.