Fundamentals of Soil Ecology, 3rd Edition, offers a holistic approach to soil biology and ecosystem function, providing students and ecosystem researchers with a greater understanding of the central roles that soils play in ecosystem development and function. The text emphasizes the increasing importance of soils as the organizing center for all terrestrial ecosystems and provides an overview of theory and practice in soil ecology, both from an ecosystem and evolutionary biology point of view. This new edition is fully updated, including an expanded treatment of microbial ecology and new sections on advances in molecular techniques and climate change research. These updates make this edition an essential resource for researchers and students in soil ecology and microbiology.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction to Soil: Historical Overview, Soil Science Basics, and the Fitness of the Soil Environment - p. 1 2. Chapter 2. Primary Production Processes in Soils: Roots and Rhizosphere Associates - p. 21 3. Chapter 3. Secondary Production: Activities of Heterotrophic Organisms—Microbes - p. 47 4. Chapter 4. Secondary Production: Activities of Heterotrophic Organisms—The Soil Fauna - p. 77 5. Abstract - p. 77 6. 4.1 Introduction - p. 77 7. 4.2 The Microfauna - p. 80 8. 4.3 The Mesofauna - p. 86 9. 4.4 The Macrofauna - p. 132 10. 4.5 General Attributes of Fauna in Soil Systems - p. 168 11. 4.6 Faunal Feedbacks on Microbial Community Composition and Diversity - p. 170 12. 4.7 Summary - p. 170 13. Chapter 5. Decomposition and Nutrient Cycling - p. 173 14. Chapter 6. Soil Food Webs: Detritivory and Microbivory in Soils - p. 213 15. Chapter 7. Soil Biodiversity and Linkages to Soil Processes - p. 233 16. Chapter 8. Future Developments in Soil Ecology - p. 255 17. Chapter 9. Laboratory and Field Exercises in Soil Ecology - p. 283 18. References - p. 313 19. Index - p. 361
Fundamentals of Soil Ecology, 3rd Edition, offers a holistic approach to soil biology and ecosystem function, providing students and ecosystem researchers with a greater understanding of the central roles that soils play in ecosystem development and function. The text emphasizes the increasing importance of soils as the organizing center for all terrestrial ecosystems and provides an overview of theory and practice in soil ecology, both from an ecosystem and evolutionary biology point of view. This new edition is fully updated, including an expanded treatment of microbial ecology and new sections on advances in molecular techniques and climate change research. These updates make this edition an essential resource for researchers and students in soil ecology and microbiology.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction to Soil: Historical Overview, Soil Science Basics, and the Fitness of the Soil Environment - p. 1 2. Chapter 2. Primary Production Processes in Soils: Roots and Rhizosphere Associates - p. 21 3. Chapter 3. Secondary Production: Activities of Heterotrophic Organisms—Microbes - p. 47 4. Chapter 4. Secondary Production: Activities of Heterotrophic Organisms—The Soil Fauna - p. 77 5. Abstract - p. 77 6. 4.1 Introduction - p. 77 7. 4.2 The Microfauna - p. 80 8. 4.3 The Mesofauna - p. 86 9. 4.4 The Macrofauna - p. 132 10. 4.5 General Attributes of Fauna in Soil Systems - p. 168 11. 4.6 Faunal Feedbacks on Microbial Community Composition and Diversity - p. 170 12. 4.7 Summary - p. 170 13. Chapter 5. Decomposition and Nutrient Cycling - p. 173 14. Chapter 6. Soil Food Webs: Detritivory and Microbivory in Soils - p. 213 15. Chapter 7. Soil Biodiversity and Linkages to Soil Processes - p. 233 16. Chapter 8. Future Developments in Soil Ecology - p. 255 17. Chapter 9. Laboratory and Field Exercises in Soil Ecology - p. 283 18. References - p. 313 19. Index - p. 361
