02639nam 2200601 a 450 991081026290332120200520144314.01-282-42240-597866124224090-226-56853-910.7208/9780226568539(CKB)1000000000817030(EBL)471895(OCoLC)464682920(SSID)ssj0000339833(PQKBManifestationID)11256699(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000339833(PQKBWorkID)10365164(PQKB)10116888(MiAaPQ)EBC471895(DE-B1597)524695(OCoLC)1135611152(DE-B1597)9780226568539(Au-PeEL)EBL471895(CaPaEBR)ebr10333645(CaONFJC)MIL242240(EXLCZ)99100000000081703020061113d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLife in the soil a guide for naturalists and gardeners /James B. Nardi1st ed.Chicago University of Chicago Press20071 online resource (316 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-56852-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-277) and index.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 -- IndexLeonardo 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 fSoil biologySoil biology.578.75/7Nardi James B.1948-1127009MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810262903321Life in the soil4071376UNINA