Under ground: how creatures of mud and dirt shape our world
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1. Verfasser: Baskin, Yvonne (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, DC Island Press/Shearwater Books c2005
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Beschreibung:"A project of SCOPE, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-226) and index
Introduction: Opening the Black Box -- Where Nematodes are Lions -- Of Ferns, Bears, and Slime Molds -- The Power of Ecosystem Engineers -- Plowing the Seabed -- Microbes, Muck and Dead Zones -- Fungi and the Fate of Forests -- Grazers, Grass, and Microbes -- Restoring Power to the Soil
Annotation The soils of the Earth, whether underneath our feet or pressurised beneath tons of ocean water, hold life in abundance. A handful of garden dirt may harbour more species than the entire aboveground Amazon. A growing array of scientists is exploring life in soils and sediments, uncovering a living world literally alien to our own senses--and yet one whose integrity turns out to be crucial to life above ground
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (237 p.)
ISBN:1429495332
1597261181
1597269387
9781429495332
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