"A project of SCOPE, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-226) and index.
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.
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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.
00013751
OverDrive, Inc.
B61ACAAB-E3AF-4ED5-B191-0DEFC21D0DEC
Under ground.
9781597260039
Burrowing animals.
Soil animals.
Burrowing animals.
SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Zoology-- General.
Soil animals.
SCI-- 070000
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QL110
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B35
2005eb
Baskin, Yvonne.
International Council of Scientific Unions., Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment.