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Soil biodiversity in Amazonian and other Brazilian ecosystems / edited by F.M.S. Moreira and J.O. Siqueira and L. Brussaard.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soil invertebrates--Ecology--Brazil.
- Soil invertebrates.
- Soil microbiology--Brazil.
- Soil microbiology.
- Soil biodiversity--Brazil.
- Soil biodiversity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (294 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book reviews soil biodiversity and related ecological processes in one of the key biodiversity hotspots of the world, the Amazon, and nearby regions of Brazil. It covers both the tropical savannah and rainforests. Chapters describe the biology, ecology, taxonomy, geographic distribution and sampling methods for the most important soil functional groups. The book is based on a project ''Conservation and Sustainable Management of Below-Ground Biodiversity'', executed by TSBF-CIAT with co-financing from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implementation support from the United Nations
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Foreword""; ""1. Soil Organisms in Tropical Ecosystems: a Key Role for Brazil in the Global Quest for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity""; ""2. Soil and Land Use in the Brazilian Amazon""; ""3. Soil Macrofauna Communities in Brazilian Amazonia""; ""4. Earthworm Ecology and Diversity in Brazil""; ""5. Termite Diversity in Brazil (Insecta: Isoptera)""; ""6. Patterns of Diversity and Responses to Forest Disturbance by Ground-dwelling Ants in Amazonia""; ""7. Soil Mesofauna in Central Amazon""
- ""8. Nematode Communities in Soils under Different Land Use Systems in Brazilian Amazon and Savannah Vegetation""""9. Diversity of Microfungi in Tropical Soils""; ""10. Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Brazilian Ecosystems""; ""11. Nitrogen-fixing Leguminosae-nodulating Bacteria""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Z""; ""The colour plate""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-73586-4
- 9786610735860
- 1-84593-034-7
- OCLC:
- 560218793
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