The Biology of Soil: A Community and Ecosystem Approach (Biology of Habitats)

书籍介绍(英文)

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 spacial and temporal scales. The Biology of Soil also considers how biotic interactions in soil influence the important soil processes of decomposition and nutrient cycling. It demonstrates how interactions and feedbacks between diverse plant and soil communities act as important drivers of ecosystem form and function. The importance of these relationships for understanding how ecosystems respond to global change phenomena, including climate change, is discussed in depth. Much is still to be learned about the soil biota and their roles in ecosystems, and the author highlights some of the many challenges that face ecologists in the exploration of soil. Richard Bardgett has wide experience in soil and terrestrial ecology, and his background of research in many ecosystems is reflected in this book which is the most comprehensive, up-to-date volume currently available in soil ecology. It provides an introduction to the biology of soil, and it also discussed the most recent developments in this progressive field of ecology. The importance of soil biotic interactions or community and ecosystem ecology is illustrated through the use of numerous examples and case studies. The Biology of Soil provides an excellent, easy to read introduction to anyone working in the field of soil ecology and related disciplines, and will be ideal for students taking undergraduate and postgraduate courses in soil ecology, plant-soil relationships, ecosystem ecology, and land management.


这本书是独特的，提供全面，最新的是什么知之甚少土壤生物多样性和调节的因素，它的分布，以及合成功能意义低于地面生态系统的形态和功能的生物多样性。它描述了生物的多样性，在土壤环境下生活-地球上最复杂的栖息地-和讨论的因素，作为本不同spacial和时间尺度的多样性决定因素。对土壤生物学还认为土壤中的影响力是如何相互作用的生物分解和土壤养分循环的重要过程。它演示了如何之间的互动和不同植物和土壤的社区行为的反馈，作为生态系统的形式和功能的重要推动力。为了解这些关系的重要性，生态系统如何响应全球变化的现象，包括气候变化，是在深入讨论。大部分仍有待了解了土壤生物和生态系统的作用，作者突出了很多的一些挑战，在面对土壤勘探生态学家。理查德Bardgett有丰富经验，在土壤和陆地生态，并在许多生态系统的研究背景，反映在这本书，是最全面，最新量目前在土壤生态可用。它提供了一个对土壤生物引入，也讨论了生态逐步领域的最新事态发展。对土壤生物相互作用或社会的重要性和生态系统的生态是通过大量实例和案例研究使用说明。对土壤生物提供了一个很好，很容易吨