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200 10$aLife in the soil$b[electronic resource] $ea guide for naturalists and gardeners /$fJames B. Nardi
210   $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2007
215   $a1 online resource (316 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [275]-277) and index.
327   $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tHow to Use This Book -- $tPreface -- $tPART ONE. Marriage of the Mineral World and the Organic World -- $tPART TWO. Members of the Soil Community -- $tPART THREE. Working in Partnership with Creatures of the Soil -- $tCollecting and Observing Life of the Soil -- $tGlossary -- $tFurther Reading -- $tIndex
330   $aLeonardo 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
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