| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 212 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
1 Introduction; 2 Root life history and dynamics; 3 The flux of carbon from roots to rhizosphere soil; 4 Microbial communities and their activity in the rhizosphere; 5 Rhizosphere microfauna; 6 Plant residues and their influence on soil physical properties; 7 Mycorrhizas -- symbiotic mediators of rhizosphere and ecosystem processes; 8 Elevated CO2 and links between carbon and nutrient cycling; 9 Rhizospheres: keys to formation and function of highly weathered soils; 10 Plant root systems in a changing world; 11 The rhizosphere in agricultural ecosystems; 12 Soil rhizosphere food webs, their stability, and implications for soil processes in ecosystems. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Rhizosphere.
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Rhizosphere. |
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Soil ecology.
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Soil ecology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Cardon, Zoe G.
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Whitbeck, Julie Lynn.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rhizosphere. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, ©2007 9780120887750 0120887754 (DLC) 2006101249 (OCoLC)76967305 |
| ISBN |
9780080493046 (electronic book) |
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0080493041 (electronic book) |
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1281004952 |
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9781281004956 |
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9780120887750 |
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0120887754 |
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