| Description |
1 online resource (237 pages) : illustrations |
| Note |
"A project of SCOPE, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-226) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Soil animals.
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Burrowing animals.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
International Council of Scientific Unions. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Baskin, Yvonne. Under ground. Washington, DC : Island Press/Shearwater Books, ©2005 1597260037 9781597260039 (DLC) 2004030330 (OCoLC)57311475 |
| ISBN |
9781429495332 (electronic bk.) |
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1429495332 (electronic bk.) |
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9781597261180 |
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1597261181 |
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9781597260039 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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1597260037 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9781597269384 (electronic bk.) |
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1597269387 (electronic bk.) |
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