Sustaining biodiversity and ecosystem services in soils and sediments / edited by Diana H. Wall ; [foreword by Harold A. Mooney].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wall, Diana H.

Series:

SCOPE report ; 64.

SCOPE ; 64

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soil ecology--Economic aspects.

Soil ecology.

Biodiversity--Economic aspects.

Biodiversity.

Ecosystem management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington : Island Press, c2004.

Summary:

Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Soils and Sediments brings together the world's leading ecologists, systematists, and evolutionary biologists to present scientific information that integrates soil and sediment disciplines across terrestrial, marine, and freshwater ecosystems.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Figures and Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Ch. 1: The Need for Understanding How Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning Affect Ecosystem Services in Soils and Sediments; Part I: Ecosystem Processes and the Sustainable Delivery of Goods and Services; Ch. 2: The Sustainable Delivery of Goods and Services Provided by Soil Biota; Ch. 3: Ecosystem Services Provided by Freshwater Benthos; Ch. 4: Marine Sedimentary Biota as Providers of Ecosystem Goods and Services

Part II: Assessment of the Vulnerability of Critical Below-Surface Habitats, Functions, and TaxaCh. 5: Vulnerability to Global Change of Ecosystem Goods and Services Driven by Soil Biota; Ch. 6: Vulnerability and Management of Ecological Services in Freshwater Systems; Ch. 7: Vulnerability of Marine Sedimentary Ecosystem Services to Human Activities; Part III: Connections Between Soils and Sediments: Implications for Sustaining Ecosystems; Ch. 8: Connecting Soil and Sediment Biodiversity: The Role of Scale and Implications for Management

Ch. 9: Cascading Effects of Deforestation on Ecosystem Services Across Soils and Freshwater and Marine SedimentsCh. 10: Understanding the Functions of Biodiversity in Soils and Sediments Will Enhance Global Ecosystem Sustainability and Societal Well-Being; Contributors; SCOPE Series List; SCOPE Soil and Sediment Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning (SSBEF) Committee Publications; SCOPE Executive Committee 2001-2004; Index

Notes:

"A project of SCOPE, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, of the International Council for Science."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-59726-785-6

1-4356-4859-5

OCLC:

298787610