Soil Ecology and Ecosystem Services,9780199575923

Soil Ecology and Ecosystem Services

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ISBN13: 9780199575923
ISBN10: 0199575924
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2012-09-07
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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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 bookleads 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.

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Living Soil and Ecosystem Services
Introduction
Soil as a habitat
Soil biodiversity and functions
Ecosystem services provided by soil biota
Synthesis
From Genes to Ecosystem Services
Introduction
From single genes to microbial networks
From genes to ecosystems: plant genetics as a link between above- and belowground processes
Delivery of soil ecosystem services: from Gaia to genes
Synthesis
Community Structure and Biotic Assemblages
Introduction
Succession, resource processing, and diversity in detrital food webs
Patterns of biodiversity at fine and small spatial scales
Linking soil biodiversity and human health: do arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi contribute to food nutrition
Ecosystem influences of fungus-growing termites in the dry paleotropics
The biogeography of microbial communities and ecosystem processes: implications for soil and ecosystem models
Biogeography and phylogenetic community structure of soil invertebrate ecosystem engineers
Synthesis
Global Changes
Introduction
Climate change effects on soils and ecosystem services
The impact of nitrogen enrichment on ecosystems and their services
Urbanization, soils, and ecosystem services
Management of grassland systems, and soil and ecosystem services
Synthesis
Sustainable Soils
Introduction
Soil productivity and erosion
Agroforestry and soil health: linking trees, soil biota, and ecosystem services
Soil health: the concept, its role, and strategies for monitoring
Managing soil biodiversity and ecosystem services
Soil ecosystem resilience and recovery
Applying soil ecological knowledge to restore ecosystem services
Synthesis
Index
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