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



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Autore: Nardi James B. <1948-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Life in the soil [[electronic resource] ] : a guide for naturalists and gardeners / / James B. Nardi Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (316 p.)
Disciplina: 578.75/7
Soggetto topico: Soil biology
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-277) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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
Titolo autorizzato: Life in the soil  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-42240-5
9786612422409
0-226-56853-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910455099503321
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