1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458713703321

Titolo

The rhizosphere [[electronic resource] ] : an ecological perspective / / edited by Zoe G. Cardona and Julie L. Whitbeck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2007

ISBN

1-281-00495-2

9786611004958

0-08-049304-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CardonZoe G

WhitbeckJulie Lynn

Disciplina

575.54

577.5/7 22

577.57

Soggetti

Rhizosphere

Soil ecology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; The Rhizosphere An Ecological Perspective; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Root Interactions with Soil Microbial Communities and Processes; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 THE COMPOSITION OF RHIZOSPHERE MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; 1.3 CHARACTERISTICS OF RHIZOSPHERE SOIL THAT IMPACT MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; 1.4 IMPORTANCE OF RHIZOSPHERE MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES AT LARGER SCALES; 1.5 CLOSING OBSERVATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2 Carbon Fluxes in the Rhizosphere; 2.1 INTRODUCTION

2.2 QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF RHIZODEPOSITS2.3 RHIZOSPHERE CARBON FLUXES UNDER ELEVATED CO2; 2.4 FUNCTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS; 2.5 MICROBIAL ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY OF RHIZODEPOSITS; 2.6 TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF EXUDATION AND RESPIRATION; 2.7 METHODS FOR STUDYING RHIZOSPHERE CARBON FLUXES; 2.8 PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;



REFERENCES; Chapter 3 Microfaunal Interactions in the Rhizosphere, How Nematodes and Protozoa Link Above- and Belowground Processes; 3.1 THE PLANT AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN ABOVE- AND BELOWGROUND POPULATIONS AND PROCESSES

3.2 RHIZOSPHERE MICROFAUNA - DIRECT EFFECTS ON CARBON AND NITROGEN FLOWS3.3 RHIZOSPHERE MICROFAUNA - INDIRECT EFFECTS ON PLANT GROWTH; 3.4 RHIZOSPHERE MICROFAUNA - INTERACTIONS WITH MYCORRHIZAL AND OTHER SYMBIONTS; 3.5 PLANT RESPONSE TO ABOVE- AND BELOWGROUND HERBIVORY; 3.6 CONCLUSIONS AND DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4 Mycorrhizas: Symbiotic Mediators of Rhizosphere and Ecosystem Processes; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 CONVERGENT EVOLUTION OF MYCORRHIZAS; 4.3 MYCORRHIZAS AS NUTRITIONAL MUTUALISMS; 4.4 COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS

4.5 ECOSYSTEM INTERACTIONS AND BIOGEOGRAPHY4.6 MYCORRHIZAL FUNCTION IN A CHANGING WORLD; 4.7 DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5 Soil Rhizosphere Food Webs, Their Stability, and Implications for Soil Processes in Ecosystems; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 THE STRATEGY UNDERLYING MATHEMATICALLY CAPTURING THE ESSENCE OF RHIZOSPHERE FUNCTION; 5.3 RESOURCE FLOW IN THE RHIZOSPHERE; 5.4 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6 Understanding and Managing the Rhizosphere in Agroecosystems; 6.1 INTRODUCTION

6.2 INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE: DELIBERATE AND INADVERTENT CONSEQUENCES FOR THE RHIZOSPHERE6.3 RHIZOSPHERE PROCESSES AND AGROECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; 6.4 THE FUTURE OF THE RHIZOSPHERE IN ECOLOGICAL AGRICULTURE; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7 The Contribution of Root - Rhizosphere Interactions to Biogeochemical Cycles in a Changing World; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 A CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEW OF RHIZOSPHERE PROCESSES IN BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES; 7.3 EXAMPLES OF ECOSYSTEM FEEDBACK; 7.4 SUMMARY: CASCADING CONSEQUENCES OF ALTERED PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES

Chapter 8 The Rhizosphere and Soil Formation

Sommario/riassunto

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 ecos



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456808003321

Autore

Singh Rana P. B

Titolo

Uprooting geographic thoughts in India [[electronic resource] ] : toward ecology and culture in 21st century / / by Rana P.B. Singh ; with three essays by Oskar Spate, David Sopher, and A.B. Mukerji ; foreword by David Simon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K., : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009

ISBN

1-282-19161-6

9786612191619

1-4438-0794-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (339 p.)

Collana

Planet earth & cultural understanding : a series

Altri autori (Persone)

SpateOskar

SopherDavid

MukerjiA. B

Disciplina

304.20954

Soggetti

Cultural geography - India

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

VIEWS ON THE BOOK; PLANET EARTH & CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING; TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sommario/riassunto

Under the cultural turn and transformation the new intellectual discourses started in the 21st century to search the roots, have cross-cultural comparison and to see how the old traditions be used in the contemporary worldviews. This book is the first attempt dealing with roots of Indian geographical thoughts since its beginning in 1920. It emphasises identity of India and Indianness and consciousness among dweller geographers in India, development and status of geography and its recent trend...