Life in the soil : a guide for naturalists and gardeners / James B. Nardi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nardi, James B., 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soil biology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Leonardo da Vinci once mused that "we know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot," an observation that is as apt today as it was five hundred years ago. The biological world under our toes is often unexplored and unappreciated, yet it teems with life. In one square meter of earth, there lives trillions of bacteria, millions of nematodes, hundreds of thousands of mites, thousands of insects and worms, and hundreds of snails and slugs. But because of their location and size, many of these creatures are as unfamiliar and bizarre to us as anything f

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

How to Use This Book

Preface

PART ONE. Marriage of the Mineral World and the Organic World

PART TWO. Members of the Soil Community

PART THREE. Working in Partnership with Creatures of the Soil

Collecting and Observing Life of the Soil

Glossary

Further Reading

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-277) and index.

ISBN:

9786612422409

9781282422407

1282422405

9780226568539

0226568539

OCLC:

464682920