Soil biodiversity in Amazonian and other Brazilian ecosystems /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2006.
• Subjects: Soil invertebrates > Ecology > Brazil.; Soil microbiology > Brazil.; Soil biodiversity > Brazil.; Soil Biology.; Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology); Grasslands and Rangelands.; Biological Resources (Animal); Biological Resources (Plant); Animal Ecology.; Microbial Ecology, (New March 2000); Formicidae.; Insects.; Isoptera.; Nematoda.; Arthropod communities.; Biodiversity.; Endomycorrhizas.; Forest soils.; Forests.; Grasslands.; Insect communities.; Land use.; Mycorrhizal fungi.; Mycorrhizas.; Nature conservation.; Nitrogen fixing bacteria.; Reviews.; Savanna soils.; Savannas.; Soil bacteria.; Soil fungi.; Soil types.; Species diversity.; Species richness.; Sustainability.; Tropical rain forests.; Tropical soils.; Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizas.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 280 pages, 3 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, charts; Also available in print format.
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This book contains eleven chapters focusing on the soil biodiversity in one of the key biodiversity hotspots of the world, i.e., the Amazon and nearby regions of Brazil. It covers both the tropical savannah and the rain forests. Also addressed are the patterns of diversity and communities of various soil organisms (i.e., earthworms, termites, nematodes, termites, ants, microfungi, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and nitrogen fixing bacteria). The work presented is based on the Brazilian component of the project 'Conservation and Sustainable Management of Belowground Biodiversity'. This book represents a major contribution to the literature and will interest those in biodiversity conservation, soil science and ecology.