Keywords:
Soil ecology.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
This multi-contributor, international volume synthesizes contributions from the world's leading soil scientists and ecologists, describing cutting-edge research that provides a basis for the maintenance of soil health and sustainability.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (421 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780191632556
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1480924
DDC:
577.57
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Section 1-The Living Soil and Ecosystem Services -- Introduction -- 1.1 Soil as a Habitat -- 1.1.1 Introduction -- 1.1.2 Conditions in soils -- 1.1.3 Adaptive strategies of soil organisms -- 1.1.4 Self-organization and the spatial organization of soils -- 1.1.5 Discrete scales in soil function -- 1.1.6 The challenge of an eco-efficient use of soils -- 1.1.7 Approaches to soil ecological research -- 1.1.8 Conclusions -- 1.2 Soil Biodiversity and Functions -- 1.2.1 Soil biodiversity -- 1.2.2 How to investigate soil communities -- 1.2.3 Diversity-function relationships -- 1.2.4 Taking a holistic view to soil diversity-ecosystem functioning -- 1.2.5 Conclusions -- 1.3 Ecosystem Services Provided by the Soil Biota -- 1.3.1 Introduction -- 1.3.2 Understanding ecosystem functioning -- 1.3.3 Understanding ecosystem structure: revisiting the functional group concept -- 1.3.4 Understanding effects of environmental drivers and land management on ecosystem functioning and services -- 1.3.5 Working with nature -- 1.3.6 Landscape context -- 1.3.7 Conclusions -- Synthesis -- Section 2-From Genes to Ecosystem Services -- Introduction -- 2.1 From Single Genes to Microbial Networks -- 2.1.1 Introduction -- 2.1.2 Analyzing microbial genes to understand ecosystem functioning -- 2.1.3 Methodological approaches to the gene-based study of microbial communities and networks -- 2.1.4 Genes in microbial networks of organic matter decomposition and biodegradation of pollutants -- 2.1.5 Microbial genes in nitrogen turnover cascades -- 2.1.6 Genes underlying microbial communication -- 2.1.7 Microbial genes for interacting in the plant environment -- 2.1.8 From genes to microbial networks: future prospects -- 2.2 From Genes to Ecosystems: Plant Genetics as a Link between Above- and Belowground Processes.
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2.2.1 Introduction -- 2.2.2 The role of plant functional traits in bridging species interactions with soil community dynamics -- 2.2.3 The role of plant genetic variation on soil communities -- 2.2.4 The role of plant genetic variation on ecosystem processes -- 2.2.5 The evolutionary implications of plant-soil linkages -- 2.2.6 Conclusions and future directions -- 2.3 Delivery of Soil Ecosystem Services: From Gaia to Genes -- 2.3.1 Introduction -- 2.3.2 Ecosystem services delivery and Gaia theory -- 2.3.3 At what biological levels are soil ecosystem services produced? -- 2.3.4 At what spatial scales can we describe and quantify soil ecosystem services? -- 2.3.5 Use of soil ecosystem services in a policy context -- 2.3.6 Conclusions -- Synthesis -- Section 3-Community Structure and Biotic Assemblages -- Introduction -- 3.1 Succession, Resource Processing, and Diversity in Detrital Food Webs -- 3.1.1 The surprising diversity of soil communities -- 3.1.2 From litter and carrion to soil organic matter: detrital succession in soils -- 3.1.3 Mechanisms and models for detrital succession -- 3.1.4 Can successional specialization explain coexistence and the diversity in soils? -- 3.1.5 Latitudinal gradients in soil diversity: detrital food webs thwart ecology's oldest pattern -- 3.1.6 Future directions in understanding detrital succession -- 3.2 Patterns of Biodiversity at Fine and Small Spatial Scales -- 3.2.1 The riddle of soil biodiversity -- 3.2.2 It is all a matter of scale -- 3.2.3 Spatial distribution of soil functions -- 3.2.4 Spatial scales are nested -- 3.3 Linking Soil Biodiversity and Human Health: Do Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Contribute to Food Nutrition? -- 3.3.1 Soil health is linked to human health and global food security -- 3.3.2 Traditional ways of boosting crop nutrients -- 3.3.3 A critical role for soil microbes.
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3.3.4 Using rhizosphere microbes to create healthier food -- 3.3.5 Negative effects of microbes on food quality -- 3.3.6 The full potential of soil microbes to improve human health -- 3.3.7 Conclusion -- 3.4 Ecosystem Influences of Fungus-Growing Termites in the Dry Paleotropics -- 3.4.1 Introduction -- 3.4.2 Fungus-growers -- 3.4.3 Fungus-grower influences on ecosystem processes -- 3.4.4 Fungus-growers as ecosystem engineers -- 3.4.5 Synthesis -- 3.4.6 Take-home messages -- 3.4.7 Future directions -- 3.5 The Biogeography of Microbial Communities and Ecosystem Processes: Implications for Soil and Ecosystem Models -- 3.5.1 Predicting environmental responses of soil processes -- 3.5.2 Misplaced physics envy in soil models -- 3.5.3 Functional redundancy, similarity, equivalence, and biogeography -- 3.5.4 Experimental tests of functional equivalence -- 3.5.5 Putting ecology into soil models -- 3.5.6 Revisiting the functional paradigm in soil ecology -- 3.6 Biogeography and Phylogenetic Community Structure of Soil Invertebrate Ecosystem Engineers: Global to Local Patterns, Implications for Ecosystem Functioning and Services and Global Environmental Change Impacts -- 3.6.1 Introduction -- 3.6.2 Macroecological patterns in soil invertebrate communities -- 3.6.3 Termite biogeography and phylogenetic community structure -- 3.6.4 Ant biogeography and phylogenetic community structure -- 3.6.5 Earthworms -- 3.6.6 Enchytraeids -- 3.6.7 Trait-based ecology of soil invertebrate ecosystem engineers with a view to the possible effects on global environmental change and ecosystem functioning and services -- Synthesis -- Section 4-Global Changes -- Introduction -- 4.1 Climate Change and Soil Biotic Carbon Cycling -- 4.1.1 Introduction -- 4.1.2 Climate change and plant-soil interactions -- 4.1.3 Direct effects -- 4.1.4 Indirect effects -- 4.1.5 Making predictions.
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4.1.6 Conclusions -- 4.2 The Impact of Nitrogen Enrichment on Ecosystems and Their Services -- 4.2.1 Nitrogen-the Earth's most limiting resource? -- 4.2.2 Direct impacts of nitrogen enrichment on soil chemistry and plant and microbial metabolism -- 4.2.3 Effects of nitrogen enrichment on plants and the soil biota -- 4.2.4 Net effects on ecosystem services -- 4.2.5 Conclusion and future directions -- 4.3 Urbanization, Soils, and Ecosystem Services -- 4.3.1 Introduction to urbanization and soils in cities -- 4.3.2 Urbanization effects on soils -- 4.3.3 Examples of ecosystem services in cities -- 4.3.4 Management for urban ecosystem services -- 4.3.5 Summary -- 4.4 Management of Grassland Systems, Soil, and Ecosystem Services -- 4.4.1 Introduction -- 4.4.2 Plant-soil interactions -- 4.4.3 Ecosystem services provided by the soil biota -- 4.4.4 Impact of management intensity of grassland systems -- 4.4.5 Trade-offs between ecosystem services -- 4.4.6 Conclusions -- Synthesis -- Section 5-Sustainable Soils -- Introduction -- 5.1 Soil Productivity and Erosion -- 5.1.1 Introduction -- 5.1.2 Soil gain versus soil loss, and accelerated versus natural erosion -- 5.1.3 Erosion's effect on agricultural productivity -- 5.1.4 The importance of erosion-induced productivity losses for agriculture -- 5.1.5 Summary -- 5.2 Agroforestry and Soil Health: Linking Trees, Soil Biota, and Ecosystem Services -- 5.2.1 Introduction -- 5.2.2 How trees infl uence soil properties and biota -- 5.2.3 Agroforestry systems increase abundance of soil biota -- 5.2.4 Soil biological processes and soil-based ecosystem services -- 5.2.5 Tree-soil biota interactions foster the provision of soil-based ecosystem services -- 5.2.6 Soil health monitoring systems -- 5.2.7 Conclusions and recommendations -- 5.3 Soil Health: The Concept, Its Role, and Strategies for Monitoring.
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5.3.1 The concept of soil health -- 5.3.2 The evolution of soil health -- 5.3.3 Monitoring soil health -- 5.3.4 Summary and conclusions -- 5.4 Managing Soil Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services -- 5.4.1 Introduction -- 5.4.2 Edible crop diversity -- 5.4.3 Plant selection impacts on ecosystem services -- 5.4.4 Plant selection impacts on soil biodiversity -- 5.4.5 Managing plant diversity -- 5.4.6 Tillage impacts on ecosystem services -- 5.4.7 Tillage impacts on soil biodiversity -- 5.4.8 Chemical application impacts on ecosystem services -- 5.4.9 Chemical application impacts on soil biodiversity -- 5.4.10 Organic material application impacts on ecosystem services -- 5.4.11 Organic material application impacts on soil biodiversity -- 5.4.12 Organic cropping system impacts on ecosystem services -- 5.4.13 Organic cropping system impacts on soil biodiversity -- 5.4.14 Conclusions -- 5.5 Soil Ecosystem Resilience and Recovery -- 5.5.1 Introduction -- 5.5.2 Soil disturbance, resilience, and recovery -- 5.5.3 Resilience and recovery: soil organic matter dynamics -- 5.5.4 Resilience and recovery: soil nutrient cycling -- 5.5.5 Future directions -- 5.6 Applying Soil Ecological Knowledge to Restore Ecosystem Services -- 5.6.1 Introduction -- 5.6.2 Low to high legacy: lessons from restoration of mined land -- 5.6.3 Moderate legacy: restoration of agricultural systems -- 5.6.4 High legacy under dynamic change: preventing invasion and restoring invaded systems -- 5.6.5 Novel legacy: no analog ecosystems and environmental conditions -- 5.6.6 Conclusions -- Synthesis -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
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