The architecture and biology of soils : life in inner space /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2011.
• Subjects: Soil structure.; Soil biology.; Soil ecology.; Soil Biology.; Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy.; Soil Physics.; Soil Morphology, Formation and Classification.; Soil Fertility.; Soil Management.; Mathematics and Statistics.; Plant Ecology.; Microbial Ecology, (New March 2000); Bioremediation.; Ecosystem services.; Ecosystems.; Microbial activities.; Microbial ecology.; Models.; Soil bacteria.; Soil flora.; Soil fungi.; Soil morphology.; Soil profiles.; Soil types.; Sports turf soils.; Electronic books.
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Soil biomass comprises a tiny proportion of the total soil mass, and plays a dominant role in delivering the wide range of ecosystem services provided by soil systems. The soil biota create physical structure within their habitat, affect the resultant dynamics of many soil processes and are themselv...

Table of Contents:

• Views of the Underworld : in situ Visualization of Soil Biota / Karl Ritz
• Modelling Soil Structure and Processes / Kejian Wu and Xiaoxiang Zhang
• Microbial Regulation of Soil Structural Dynamics / Claire Chenu and Diego Cosentino
• The Zoological Generation of Soil Structure / Mark Bartlett and Karl Ritz
• Biotic Regulation : Plants / Alain Pierret, Christian Hartmann, Jean-Luc Maeght and Loïc Pagès
• Biota-Mineral Interactions / David A.C. Manning
• How do the Microhabitats Framed by Soil Structure Impact Soil Bacteria and the Processes that they Regulate? / Patricia A. Holden
• Fungal Growth in Soils / R. Michael Miller and Michael S. Fitzsimons
• Sensory Ecology in Soil Space / Iain M. Young and Dmitry Grinev
• Managing the Interactions between Soil Biota and their Physical Habitat in Agroecosystems / Bev D. Kay and Lars J. Munkholm
• Contaminated Soils and Bioremediation : Creation and Maintenance of Inner Space / Richard J.F. Bewley and Simon Hockin
• Biological Interactions within Soil Profiles Engineered for Sport and Amenity Use / Mark Bartlett and Iain James.