sampling and characterization of below-ground biodiversity /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Fatima M.S. Moreira, E. Jeroen Huising and David E. Bignell.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Sterling, VA :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Earthscan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxvi, 218 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
Other Physical Details
illustrations (some color) ;
Dimensions
25 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The inventory of soil biological diversity: concepts and general guidelines -- Sampling strategy and design to evaluate below-ground biodiversity -- Macrofauna -- Soil collembola, acari and other mesofauna -- the Berlese method -- Soil nematodes -- Nitrogen-fixing leguminosae-nodulating bacteria -- Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) -- Saprophytic and plant pathogenic soil fungi -- Sampling, conserving and identifying fruit flies -- Entomopathogenic fungi and nematodes -- Description and classification of land use at sampling locations for the inventory of below-ground biodiversity.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This practical handbook describes sampling and laboratory assessment methods for the biodiversity of a number of key functional groups of soil organisms, including insects, earthworms, nematodes, fungi and bacteria.