Life in the Soil A Guide for Naturalists and Gardeners

Name: Life in the Soil A Guide for Naturalists and Gardeners
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ISBN: 9780226568522

ISBN-10: 0226568520

ISBN-13: 9780226568522

Edition: 2007

Authors: James B. Nardi

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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 found at the bottom of the ocean. Lavishly illustrated with nearly three hundred color illustrations and…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English




The Marriage of the Mineral World and the Organic World



Introduction



How Soil Forms from Rocks and Weather



Plant Roots and Their Bacterial Partners



Plant Roots and Their Fungal Partners



Where Roots Meet Rocks and Minerals



Plant Roots and Their Animal Partners



How Plants and Animals Affect the Layers of a Soil



Members of the Soil Community



Microbes


Animal Kingdom



Invertebrates - Animals without Backbones



Vertebrates



Working in Partnership with Creatures of the Soil



Preventing Erosion



Avoiding Excessive Use of Fertilizers



Effects of Acid Rain



Avoiding Salt-Encrusted Soils



Maintaining Soil Structure



Discouraging Invasion of Soils by Exotic Species



Composting as an Antidote to Soil Abuse


Collecting and Observing Life of the Soil