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The Ecology of Soil
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Abstract
Soil is the most biodiverse and complex habitat on Earth. This book explores what is known about the diversity of life in soil, how it is distributed in space and time, and how interactions between soil organisms, plants, and their consumers shape terrestrial ecosystems and their functions. It also provides an assessment of how soil biodiversity and its many functional roles are modified by global change, especially land use and climate change, and how soil ecology knowledge can be harnessed to address sustainability challenges of sustainable agriculture, ecosystem restoration, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. By drawing on a rich diversity of soil ecology knowledge from ecosystems of the world, and from the foundational to the new, the book provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the ecology of soil and its importance for a healthy planet. Hopefully the book will inspire the reader to delve deeper into the ecology of soil.
Title: The Ecology of Soil
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Abstract
Soil is the most biodiverse and complex habitat on Earth.
This book explores what is known about the diversity of life in soil, how it is distributed in space and time, and how interactions between soil organisms, plants, and their consumers shape terrestrial ecosystems and their functions.
It also provides an assessment of how soil biodiversity and its many functional roles are modified by global change, especially land use and climate change, and how soil ecology knowledge can be harnessed to address sustainability challenges of sustainable agriculture, ecosystem restoration, and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
By drawing on a rich diversity of soil ecology knowledge from ecosystems of the world, and from the foundational to the new, the book provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the ecology of soil and its importance for a healthy planet.
Hopefully the book will inspire the reader to delve deeper into the ecology of soil.
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