Tales from the underground : a natural history of subterranean life / David W. Wolfe.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Wolfe, David W. (David Walter)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Underground ecology.
• Soil biology.
• Soil ecology.

Physical Description:

x, 221 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Perseus, [2001]

Summary:

There are over one billion organisms in a pinch of soil, yet we know much more about deep space than about the universe below. In "Tales from the Underground", Cornell ecologist David Wolfe takes readers on a tour through current scientific knowledge of the subterranean world. Illustrations.

Contents:

• Part I Ancient Life
• 1 Origins 17
• 2 The Habitable Zone 35
• 3 Shaking the Tree of Life 53
• Part II Life Support for Planet Earth
• 4 Out of Thin Air 75
• 5 Nexus of the Underground 93
• 6 When the Humble Explain the Great 107
• 7 Germ Warfare 123
• Part III The Human Factor
• 8 Endangered Diggers of the Deep 143
• 9 The Good Earth 165.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0738201286

OCLC:

46984480