Download or read book Soil Fauna Assemblages written by Uffe N. Nielsen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A holistic overview of soil fauna, their contributions to ecosystem function, and implications of global change belowground.
Download or read book Effects on Soil Flora and Soil Fauna written by H. P. Malkomes and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ecosystem Consequences of Soil Warming written by Jacqueline E. Mohan and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2019-04-27 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecosystem Consequences of Soil Warming: Microbes, Vegetation, Fauna and Soil Biogeochemistry focuses on biotic and biogeochemical responses to warmer soils including plant and microbial evolution. It covers various field settings, such as arctic tundra; alpine meadows; temperate, tropical and subalpine forests; drylands; and grassland ecosystems. Information integrates multiple natural science disciplines, providing a holistic, integrative approach that will help readers understand and forecast future planetwide responses to soil warming. Students and educators will find this book informative for understanding biotic and biogeochemical responses to changing climatic conditions. Scientists from a wide range of disciplines, including soil scientists, ecologists, geneticists, as well as molecular, evolutionary and conservation biologists, will find this book a valuable resource in understanding and planning for warmer climate conditions. Emphasizes biological components of soils, plants and microbes that provide linkages to physics and chemistry Brings together chapters written by global scientific experts with interests in communication and education Includes coverage of polar, alpine, tropical, temperate and dryland ecosystems
Download or read book Soil Microbiology Ecology and Biochemistry written by Eldor Paul and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-11-14 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth edition of Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry updates this widely used reference as the study and understanding of soil biota, their function, and the dynamics of soil organic matter has been revolutionized by molecular and instrumental techniques, and information technology. Knowledge of soil microbiology, ecology and biochemistry is central to our understanding of organisms and their processes and interactions with their environment. In a time of great global change and increased emphasis on biodiversity and food security, soil microbiology and ecology has become an increasingly important topic. Revised by a group of world-renowned authors in many institutions and disciplines, this work relates the breakthroughs in knowledge in this important field to its history as well as future applications. The new edition provides readable, practical, impactful information for its many applied and fundamental disciplines. Professionals turn to this text as a reference for fundamental knowledge in their field or to inform management practices. New section on "Methods in Studying Soil Organic Matter Formation and Nutrient Dynamics" to balance the two successful chapters on microbial and physiological methodology Includes expanded information on soil interactions with organisms involved in human and plant disease Improved readability and integration for an ever-widening audience in his field Integrated concepts related to soil biota, diversity, and function allow readers in multiple disciplines to understand the complex soil biota and their function
Download or read book Principles and Applications of Soil Microbiology written by Terry Gentry and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2021-06-06 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by leading experts in their respective fields, Principles and Applications of Soil Microbiology 3e, provides a comprehensive, balanced introduction to soil microbiology, and captures the rapid advances in the field such as recent discoveries regarding habitats and organisms, microbially mediated transformations, and applied environmental topics. Carefully edited for ease of reading, it aids users by providing an excellent multi-authored reference, the type of book that is continually used in the field. Background information is provided in the first part of the book for ease of comprehension. The following chapters then describe such fundamental topics as soil environment and microbial processes, microbial groups and their interactions, and thoroughly addresses critical nutrient cycles and important environmental and agricultural applications. An excellent textbook and desk reference, Principles and Applications of Soil Microbiology, 3e, provides readers with broad, foundational coverage of the vast array of microorganisms that live in soil and the major biogeochemical processes they control. Soil scientists, environmental scientists, and others, including soil health and conservation specialists, will find this material invaluable for understanding the amazingly diverse world of soil microbiology, managing agricultural and environmental systems, and formulating environmental policy. Includes discussion of major microbial methods, embedded within topical chapters Includes information boxes and case studies throughout the text to illustrate major concepts and connect fundamental knowledge with potential applications Study questions at the end of each chapter allow readers to evaluate their understanding of the materials
Download or read book Soil Ecology and Management written by Joann K. Whalen and published by CABI. This book was released on 2010 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the organisms inhabiting the soil, their functions and interactions and the dimensions of human impact on the activity of soil organisms and soil ecological function; and discusses basic soil characteristics and biogeochemical cycling, key soil flora and fauna, community-level dynamics (soil food webs) and the ecological and pedological functions of soil organisms. Also conveys an understanding of how human activities impact upon soil ecology in a section on ecosystem management and its effects on soil biota.
Download or read book Soil Organisms written by Moonisa Aslam Dervash and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Progress in Soil Zoology written by J. Vanek and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ladies a n d g e n t 1 e m e n , I have the pleasure to welcome you here in Prague in the name of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and to open the Fifth Inter national Colloquium on Soil Zoology. We are very glad that Czecho slovakia was chosen for this important meeting. It is clear to all of us that the soil plays and will play a de cisive part in providing food for the explosive increase of human pop ulation. For this reason we watch with great anxiety the negative influence of human activities on the environment accompanied also by the other destructive intervention into the soil ecosystem, its devas tation by inefficient management, application of herbicides and pesti cides pollution by the waste products of industry and human settlements. The basis for solving these accumulating and now sometimes latent prob lems is among others a good knowledge of the role of soil organisms in the cycles of materials and in the energy flow. Soil zoology as a part of soil biology is still at the beginning of this trend The lack of in formation about life in soil is obvious when compared with the results of a related biological science dealing with the water ecosystem.
Download or read book Forest and Rangeland Soils of the United States Under Changing Conditions written by Richard V. Pouyat and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-09-02 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book synthesizes leading-edge science and management information about forest and rangeland soils of the United States. It offers ways to better understand changing conditions and their impacts on soils, and explores directions that positively affect the future of forest and rangeland soil health. This book outlines soil processes and identifies the research needed to manage forest and rangeland soils in the United States. Chapters give an overview of the state of forest and rangeland soils research in the Nation, including multi-decadal programs (chapter 1), then summarizes various human-caused and natural impacts and their effects on soil carbon, hydrology, biogeochemistry, and biological diversity (chapters 2–5). Other chapters look at the effects of changing conditions on forest soils in wetland and urban settings (chapters 6–7). Impacts include: climate change, severe wildfires, invasive species, pests and diseases, pollution, and land use change. Chapter 8 considers approaches to maintaining or regaining forest and rangeland soil health in the face of these varied impacts. Mapping, monitoring, and data sharing are discussed in chapter 9 as ways to leverage scientific and human resources to address soil health at scales from the landscape to the individual parcel (monitoring networks, data sharing Web sites, and educational soils-centered programs are tabulated in appendix B). Chapter 10 highlights opportunities for deepening our understanding of soils and for sustaining long-term ecosystem health and appendix C summarizes research needs. Nine regional summaries (appendix A) offer a more detailed look at forest and rangeland soils in the United States and its Affiliates.
Download or read book Cadmium in Soils and Plants written by M.J. McLaughlin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over forty years ago, concern was first focussed on cadmium contamination of soils, fertilisers and the food chain. Adverse effects on human health were first highlighted nearly 30 years ago in Japan with the outbreak of Itai-itai disease. Since then, substantial research data have accumulated for cadmium on chemistry in soils, additions to soils, uptake by plants, adverse effects on the soil biota and transfer through the food chain. However, this information has never been compiled into a single volume. This was the stimulus for the Kevin G. Tiller Memorial Symposium "Cadmium in Soils, Plants and the Food Chain", held at the University of California, Berkeley, in June 1997 as part of the Fourth International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements. This symposium brought together leading scientists in the field of cadmium behaviour in soils and plants, to review the scientific data in the literature and highlight gaps in our current knowledge of the subject. This series of review papers are presented here and deal with the chemistry of cadmium in soils, the potential for transfer through the food chain and management to minimise this problem. We hope this information provides a sound scientific basis to assist development of policies and regulations for controlling cadmium in the soil environment.
Download or read book The Rhizosphere written by Zoe G. Cardon and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2011-04-28 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Below the soil surface, the rhizosphere is the dynamic interface among plant roots, soil microbes and fauna, and the soil itself, where biological as well as physico-chemical properties differ radically from those of bulk soil. The Rhizosphere is the first ecologically-focused book that explicitly establishes the links from extraordinarily small-scale processes in the rhizosphere to larger-scale belowground patterns and processes. This book includes chapters that emphasize the effects of rhizosphere biology on long-term soil development, agro-ecosystem management and responses of ecosystems to global change. Overall, the volume seeks to spur development of cross-scale links for understanding belowground function in varied natural and managed ecosystems. First cross-scale ecologically-focused integration of information at the frontier of root, microbial, and soil faunal biology Establishes the links from extraordinarily small-scale processes in the rhizosphere to larger-scale belowground patterns and processes Includes valuable information on ecosystem response to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide and enhanced global nitrogen deposition Chapters written by a variety of experts, including soil scientists, microbial and soil faunal ecologists, and plant biologists
Download or read book Effects of Pesticides on Soil Fauna written by Marcos Garcia and published by Cuvillier Verlag. This book was released on 2004 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Duas importantes questões foram levantadas neste estudo: (1) O efeito e destino dos pesticidas em solos de regiões temperadas podem ser diferentes em solos tropicais? (2) Os dados produzidos nas regiões temperadas podem ser usados para a avaliação de risco ambiental nos trópicos?
Download or read book Fundamentals of Soil Ecology written by David C. Coleman and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2004-08-11 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully revised and expanded edition of Fundamentals of Soil Ecology continues its holistic approach to soil biology and ecosystem function. Students and ecosystem researchers will gain a greater understanding of the central roles that soils play in ecosystem development and function. The authors emphasize the increasing importance of soils as the organizing center for all terrestrial ecosystems and provide an overview of theory and practice of soil ecology, both from an ecosystem and evolutionary biology point of view. This volume contains updated and greatly expanded coverage of all belowground biota (roots, microbes and fauna) and methods to identify and determine its distribution and abundance. New chapters are provided on soil biodiversity and its relationship to ecosystem processes, suggested laboratory and field methods to measure biota and their activities in ecosystems.. Contains over 60% new material and 150 more pages Includes new chapters on soil biodiversity and its relationship to ecosystem function Outlines suggested laboratory and field methods Incorporates new pedagogical features Combines theoretical and practical approaches
Download or read book Effects of Soil Temperature on the Activity of Soil Fauna and Flora written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handbook of Soil Analysis written by Marc Pansu and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-04-18 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is a reference guide for selecting and carrying out numerous methods of soil analysis. It is written in accordance with analytical standards and quality control approaches. It covers a large body of technical information including protocols, tables, formulae, spectrum models, chromatograms and additional analytical diagrams. The approaches are diverse, from the simplest tests to the most sophisticated determination methods.
Download or read book Soil Conditions and Plants Growth written by Sir John E. Russell and published by Daya Books. This book was released on 2002-03 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recognised As Complex Are The Relations Of The Plant To The Soil. Looking Through A Historical Perspective On The Evolution Of Systematic Scientific Studies On This Relation, This Book Endeavours To Compile The Available Information On The Soil As A Medium For Plant Life. With Reference To The Studies Made In Different Parts Of The World, It Covers All The Related Subjects And Topics In An Exhaustive Manner- The Microscopic Inhabitants Of The Soil And Their Connection With Plant Life; Relation Between Vegetation And Soil Temperature And Soil Moisture; Plant Nutrition Through Soil; Saline And Alkali; Soils And Their Management; Rock Weathering Soil Formation; Control Of Soil Erosion; And Conservation Of Soil Fertility; Etc. The Text Is Aptly Illustrated, Enriched With Tables Of Scientific Data, And Supplemented With References For Further Information And An Exhaustive Subject Index. Chapter 1: Historical And Introductory; The Search For The Principle Of Vegetation 1630-1750, The Serach For Plant Nutrients, The Phlogistic Period 1750-1800, The Modern Period 1800-1860, The Beginnings Of Soil Bacteriology, The Rise Of Modern Knowledge Of The Soil And The Return Of Field Studies, Chapter 2: The Food Of Plants, Chapter 3: The Individual Nutrients Needed By Plants; Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Sulphur, Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium, Sodium, Silicon, Chlorides, Trade Elements In Plant Nutrition, Iron, Manganese, Zinc, Copper, Molydenum, Boron, Trace Elements In Animal Nutrition, Chapter 4: Quantitative Studies On Plant Growth; The Relation Between Growth And Nutrient Supply As Found By Experiment, The Assumed Relation Between Growth And Nutrient Supply, The Interaction Of Nutrients, Chapter 5: The Composition Of The Soil; Size Distribution Of Soil Particles, The Mineralogical Composition Of The Soil Particles: Sand And Silt Fractions, The Clay Fraction, Non Crystalline Inorganic Components Of Soils, The Exchangeable Bases Held By The Soil, Chapter 6: The Constitution Of Clay Minerals, Chapter 7: The Cation And Anion Holding Powers Of Soils; The Cation Holding Power Of Clay Minerals, The Clay Acid, The Ph Of Soil, Summary Of The Factors Affecting The Ph Of A Soil, The Lime Requirement Of A Soil, Relative Attractions Of Clay For Different Cations, The Quantitative Laws Of Base Exchange, The Anion Holding Power Of Soils, Summary Of The Acid And Base Holding Mechanisms In Soils, The Effect Of Fertilizers On The Exchangeable Bases Held By Soils, Chapter 8: The Behaviour Of Soils And Clays In Water; The Absorption Of Liquids And Gases By Dry Clays, Deflocculation And Flocculation Of Clay Suspensions, Deflocculation And Flocculation In Clay Pastes And Clods, Soil Consistency, Chapter 9: The Physiology Of The Microbial Population; The Microbial Population Of The Soil, The Nutrition Of The Microflora, Autotrophic And Heterotrophic Organisms, The Respiration Of The Microflora, Aerobic And Anaerobic Organisms, The Byproducts Of Microbial Metabolism, Microbial Excretions, Chapter 10: The Organisms Composing The Population; Bacteria, The Number Of Bacteria In The Soil, The Types Of Soil Bacteria, The Fluctuations In The Number Of Soil Bacteria, Bacteriophages, Actinomycetes, Fungi, Algae, Protozoa, Amoeboid And Flagellate Stages Of Other Organisms, Chapter 11: The Soil Fauna Other Than Protozoa; Nematodes, Earthworms, Arthropods, Gasteropods, The Soil Inhabiting Mammals, Chapter 12: The General Ecology Of The Soil Population, The Distribution Of Micro Organisms Through The Soil Space, The Effect Of The Energy Supply, The Activity Of The Soil Population, The Relation Between Microbiological Activity And Soil Fertility, Symbiotic And Antibiotic Relations Between The Microflora, Interactions Between The Soil Microflora And Fauna, Soil Moisture And Soil Temperature, The Effect Of Soil Reaction, Partial Sterilisation Of The Soil, Chapter 13: The Association Between Plants And Micro Organisms; The Rhizosphere Population, Association Of Fungi With Plant Roots, Specialised Association Between Plant Roots And Soil Microorganisms, The Ectotrophic Mycorrhizas Of Forest Trees, Endotrophic Mycorrhizas, Chapter 14: The Decomposition Of Plant Material; The Plant Constituents, The Decomposition Of Plnat Residues, Composting, The Microorganisms Involved In The Decomposition Of Plant Remains, Green Manuring, The Decomposition Of Green Manures Under Water Logged Conditions: Paddy Soils, Chapter 15: The Composition Of The Soil Organic Matter; The Fractionation Of The Soil Humus, The Composition And Formation Of Humus, The Carbon Nitrogen Ration, The Phosphorus Compounds, The Sulphur Compounds In The Organic Matter, The Properties Of Soil Humus, The Acid Properties And The Base Exchange Capacity Of Humus, Clay Humus Complexes, The Level Of Organic Matter In Soils, Chapter 16: The Nitrogen Cycle In The Soil; The Mineralisation Of Soil Nitrogen, The Production Of Ammonia From Organic Matter, Nitrification In The Soil: The Production Of Nitric And Nitrate, The Level Of Mineral Nitrogen In The Soil, Losses Of Inorganic Nitrogen From The Soil, Grains Of Nitrogen By The Soil, Non Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation In Soils, Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation In Leguminous Plants, Chapter 17: The Temperature Of The Soil; The Heat Balance Of A Soil, The Influence Of Vegetation On Soil Temperature, The Variation Of Soil Temperature With Depth, Chapter 18: The Soil Atmosphere, Chapter 19: The Water In Soils; Where And How The Water Is Held, Suction And Pf Curves For Soils, The Movement Of Water In Soils, Entry Of Water Into A Soil: Infiltration Rate Or Premeability, Drainage Of Water, Field Capacity, Evaporation Of Water From A Bare Soil, Chapter 20: Water And Plant Growth; The Amout Of Water Transpired By A Crop, Chapter 21: The Transfer Of Water From Soil To Plant; The Wilting Range In Soils, The Available Water In Soils, The Amout Of Available Water Held By A Soil, Chapter 22: The Control Of Soil Moisture In Practice; Removal Of Excess Water By Drainage, Irriation, Dry Farming, Chapter 23: Soil Structure And Soil Tilth; The Breakdown Of Soil Structure, The Building Up Of Soil Structure In The Field, The Effects Of Cultivation Implements And The Weather, Modifying The Composition Of The Soil, The Effect Of Growing Crops On The Soil Structure, The Mechanism Of Crumb And Clod Formation, Chapter 24: The Development Of Plant Roots In Soil, Chapter 25: The Uptake Of Nutrients From The Soil; The Absorption Of Nutriens And Water By Plant Roots, The Soil Solution, The Sources From Which Plant Roots Extract Nutrients, Transfer Of Nutrients From The Root To The Soil, The Need For Fertiliser Placement, Chapter 26: The Sources Of Plant Nutrients In The Soil; The Phosphorus Compounds, The Phosphatic Fertilisers, The Reversion Of Phosphate Fertilisers In The Soil, The Level Of Available Phsosphate In The Soil, The Potassium Compounds, The Calcium Compounds, The Maganese Compounds, The Sulphur Compounds, The Nitrogen Compounds, The Organic Matter, Chapter 27: The Effect Of Soil Acidity And Alkalinity On Plant Growth; The Effect Of Soil Acidity, The Effect Of Soil Alkalinity, Chapter 28: The Effect Of Growing Plant On The Soil; The Efect Of A Crop On Its Successor, The Interaction Between Plants Growing Together, Chapter 29: The Weathering Of Rocks; The Formation Of The Crust Of Weathering, Laterites And Ferrallites, Weathering In The Soil Zone, Chapter 30: Soil Formation Of The Well Drained Sites; The Humus Of The Forest Floor, Well Drained Soils Under Mor, The Podsol, Well Drained Soils Under Mull, The Brown Earths, The Grassland Soils: The Prairie Soils And Chernozems, Leached Soils Of The Humid Tropics, Chapter 31: The Influence Of Topography On Soil Formation; Effect Of Impeded Drainage And Ground Water On The Soil, Pan Formation In Soils, Soil Formation On Hill Slopes, The Soil Catena, Chapter 32: Saline And Alkali Soils, Saline Soils Or Solonchaks, Alkali Soils: The Solonetz And Solod, Chapter 33: The Management Of Irrigated Saline And Alkali Soils; The Effect Of Soluble Salts On Plant Growth, The Control Of Soluble Salts In The Soil, The Control Of Alkalinity, Reclamation Of Soils Damaged By Sea Water, Chapter 34: The General Principles Of Soil Management; The Principles Underlying The Control Of Soil Erosion, Wind Erosion And Soil Drifting, Erosion Of Running Water, Chapter 35: Principles Of The Methods Of Soil Cultivation; Mulches And Shade Trees, Chapter 36: The Control Of Soil Fertility In Practice; The Management Of Sandy Soils In England, The Management Of The English Clay Soils, Some Principles Involved In The Management Of Tropical Soils, The Principles Of Land Classification.
Download or read book Soil Biota and Ecosystem Development in Post Mining Sites written by Jan Frouz and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-09-25 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on soil development in restoration of post‐mining sites. In particular, the authors address the role of biota, including plants, microorganisms, invertebrates, and their various interactions during the process of soil formation. The book largely deals with sites created by open‐cast mining, as this method represents a very destructive and, at the same time, intensively studied example of a mining operation. This book is a useful summary of recent knowledge for scholars dealing with ecosystem development after large disturbances as well as for practitioners dealing with reclamation and restoration of post‐mining land.
