The architecture and biology of soils :
The architecture and biology of soils : life in inner space /
edited by Karl Ritz, Cranfield University, UK and Iain Young, School of Environmental & Rural Science, Armidale, Australia.
- 1 online resource (ix, 244 pages) : illustrations, charts
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Views of the Underworld : in situ Visualization of Soil Biota / Karl Ritz -- Modelling Soil Structure and Processes / Kejian Wu and Xiaoxiang Zhang -- Microbial Regulation of Soil Structural Dynamics / Claire Chenu and Diego Cosentino -- The Zoological Generation of Soil Structure / Mark Bartlett and Karl Ritz -- Biotic Regulation : Plants / Alain Pierret, Christian Hartmann, Jean-Luc Maeght and Loïc Pagès -- Biota-Mineral Interactions / David A.C. Manning -- How do the Microhabitats Framed by Soil Structure Impact Soil Bacteria and the Processes that they Regulate? / Patricia A. Holden -- Fungal Growth in Soils / R. Michael Miller and Michael S. Fitzsimons -- Sensory Ecology in Soil Space / Iain M. Young and Dmitry Grinev -- Managing the Interactions between Soil Biota and their Physical Habitat in Agroecosystems / Bev D. Kay and Lars J. Munkholm -- Contaminated Soils and Bioremediation : Creation and Maintenance of Inner Space / Richard J.F. Bewley and Simon Hockin -- Biological Interactions within Soil Profiles Engineered for Sport and Amenity Use / Mark Bartlett and Iain James.
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Soil biomass comprises a tiny proportion of the total soil mass, and plays a dominant role in delivering the wide range of ecosystem services provided by soil systems. The soil biota create physical structure within their habitat, affect the resultant dynamics of many soil processes and are themselves affected by such structure. This interplay between the spatial constructs of the soil matrix and the life within it is appositely conceptualized in terms of an architecture of the soil, and the pore networks therein as a form of planetary inner space. This inner space is the main theme of this book, which contains 12 chapters. These concepts from a variety of perspectives and reveal how, ultimately, the functioning of the terrestrial components of the Earth system fundamentally depends upon the quite remarkable spatial organization of the soil. Topics covered include: modelling soil structure and processes; microbial regulation of soil structural dynamics; the zoological generation of soil structure; biotic regulation using plants; biota-mineral interactions; effects of enclosing microhabitats soil structure on soil bacteria and the processes that they regulate; fungal growth in soils; sensory ecology in soil space; managing the interactions between soil biota and their physical habitat in agroecosystems; contaminated soils and bioremediation; and biological interactions within soil profiles engineered for sport and amenity use.
Soil structure.
Soil biology.
Soil ecology.
Soil Biology.
Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy.
Soil Physics.
Soil Morphology, Formation and Classification.
Soil Fertility.
Soil Management.
Mathematics and Statistics.
Plant Ecology.
Microbial Ecology, (New March 2000)
Bioremediation.
Ecosystem services.
Ecosystems.
Microbial activities.
Microbial ecology.
Models.
Soil bacteria.
Soil biology.
Soil flora.
Soil fungi.
Soil morphology.
Soil profiles.
Soil structure.
Soil types.
Sports turf soils.
Electronic books.
S593.2 / .A73 2011eb
631.4
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Views of the Underworld : in situ Visualization of Soil Biota / Karl Ritz -- Modelling Soil Structure and Processes / Kejian Wu and Xiaoxiang Zhang -- Microbial Regulation of Soil Structural Dynamics / Claire Chenu and Diego Cosentino -- The Zoological Generation of Soil Structure / Mark Bartlett and Karl Ritz -- Biotic Regulation : Plants / Alain Pierret, Christian Hartmann, Jean-Luc Maeght and Loïc Pagès -- Biota-Mineral Interactions / David A.C. Manning -- How do the Microhabitats Framed by Soil Structure Impact Soil Bacteria and the Processes that they Regulate? / Patricia A. Holden -- Fungal Growth in Soils / R. Michael Miller and Michael S. Fitzsimons -- Sensory Ecology in Soil Space / Iain M. Young and Dmitry Grinev -- Managing the Interactions between Soil Biota and their Physical Habitat in Agroecosystems / Bev D. Kay and Lars J. Munkholm -- Contaminated Soils and Bioremediation : Creation and Maintenance of Inner Space / Richard J.F. Bewley and Simon Hockin -- Biological Interactions within Soil Profiles Engineered for Sport and Amenity Use / Mark Bartlett and Iain James.
Access limited to subscribing institution.
Soil biomass comprises a tiny proportion of the total soil mass, and plays a dominant role in delivering the wide range of ecosystem services provided by soil systems. The soil biota create physical structure within their habitat, affect the resultant dynamics of many soil processes and are themselves affected by such structure. This interplay between the spatial constructs of the soil matrix and the life within it is appositely conceptualized in terms of an architecture of the soil, and the pore networks therein as a form of planetary inner space. This inner space is the main theme of this book, which contains 12 chapters. These concepts from a variety of perspectives and reveal how, ultimately, the functioning of the terrestrial components of the Earth system fundamentally depends upon the quite remarkable spatial organization of the soil. Topics covered include: modelling soil structure and processes; microbial regulation of soil structural dynamics; the zoological generation of soil structure; biotic regulation using plants; biota-mineral interactions; effects of enclosing microhabitats soil structure on soil bacteria and the processes that they regulate; fungal growth in soils; sensory ecology in soil space; managing the interactions between soil biota and their physical habitat in agroecosystems; contaminated soils and bioremediation; and biological interactions within soil profiles engineered for sport and amenity use.
Soil structure.
Soil biology.
Soil ecology.
Soil Biology.
Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy.
Soil Physics.
Soil Morphology, Formation and Classification.
Soil Fertility.
Soil Management.
Mathematics and Statistics.
Plant Ecology.
Microbial Ecology, (New March 2000)
Bioremediation.
Ecosystem services.
Ecosystems.
Microbial activities.
Microbial ecology.
Models.
Soil bacteria.
Soil biology.
Soil flora.
Soil fungi.
Soil morphology.
Soil profiles.
Soil structure.
Soil types.
Sports turf soils.
Electronic books.
S593.2 / .A73 2011eb
631.4