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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783459703321

Autore

Adl Sina M. <1964->

Titolo

The ecology of soil decomposition [[electronic resource] /] / Sina M. Adl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., c2003

ISBN

1-280-83378-5

9786610833788

0-85199-837-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (350 p.)

Disciplina

577.5/7

Soggetti

Soil microbial ecology

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 (295-325).

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 The Saprotrophs; 2 The Habitat; 3 Sampling and Enumeration; 4 Reconstructing the Soil Food Web; 5 Spatial and Temporal Patterns; 6 Integrating the Food Web; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Describing trophic interactions between species that carry out the decomposition of organic matter in the soil, this title addresses the key topics of functional groups, spatial stratification and succession patterns over time, involving bacteria, protists, fungi and micro-invertebrates.