The rhizosphere : an ecological perspective / edited by Zoe G. Cardon and Julie L. Whitbeck.
©2007Description: 1 online resource (xix, 212 pages, [2] pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780080493046
- 0080493041
- 1281004952
- 9781281004956
- Rhizosphere
- Soil ecology
- Rhizosphère
- Écologie du sol
- SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry -- Environmental)
- NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness
- NATURE -- Ecology
- SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology
- Rhizosphere
- Soil ecology
- Rhizosfeer
- Ecologische aspecten
- Rhizosphäre
- Ökologie
- QK644 .R445 2007eb
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Below the soil surface, the rhizosphere is the dynamic interface among plant roots, soil microbes and fauna, and the soil itself, where biological as well as physico-chemical properties differ radically from those of bulk soil. The Rhizosphere is the first ecologically-focused book that explicitly establishes the links from extraordinarily small-scale processes in the rhizosphere to larger-scale belowground patterns and processes. This book includes chapters that emphasize the effects of rhizosphere biology on long-term soil development, agro-ecosystem management and responses of ecosystems to global change. Overall, the volume seeks to spur development of cross-scale links for understanding belowground function in varied natural and managed ecosystems. * First cross-scale ecologically-focused integration of information at the frontier of root, microbial, and soil faunal biology * Establishes the links from extraordinarily small-scale processes in the rhizosphere to larger-scale belowground patterns and processes * Includes valuable information on ecosystem response to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide and enhanced global nitrogen deposition * Chapters written by a variety of experts, including soil scientists, microbial and soil faunal ecologists, and plant biologists.
1 Introduction; 2 Root life history and dynamics; 3 The flux of carbon from roots to rhizosphere soil; 4 Microbial communities and their activity in the rhizosphere; 5 Rhizosphere microfauna; 6 Plant residues and their influence on soil physical properties; 7 Mycorrhizas -- symbiotic mediators of rhizosphere and ecosystem processes; 8 Elevated CO2 and links between carbon and nutrient cycling; 9 Rhizospheres: keys to formation and function of highly weathered soils; 10 Plant root systems in a changing world; 11 The rhizosphere in agricultural ecosystems; 12 Soil rhizosphere food webs, their stability, and implications for soil processes in ecosystems.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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