The Biology of Soil: A Community and Ecosystem Approach

by Richard D. Bardgett

Book Overview

This book is unique in providing a comprehensive, up-to-date synthesis of what is known about soil biodiversity and the factors that regulate its distribution, as well as the functional significance of below-ground biodiversity for ecosystem form and function. It describes the vast diversity of biota that live in the soil environment - the most complex habitat on earth - and discusses the factors that act as determinants of this diversity across different...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198525028
• ISBN13: 9780198525028
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"