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

Life in the soil : a guide for naturalists and gardeners / James B. Nardi.
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ISBN 9780226568522 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226568520 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Name Nardi, James B., 1948-
Title Life in the soil : a guide for naturalists and gardeners / James B. Nardi.
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Description xxi, 293 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Notes Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-277) and index.
Contents Pt. 1. The Marriage of the Mineral World and the Organic World -- A. Introduction -- B. How Soil Forms from Rocks and Weather -- C. Plant Roots and Their Bacterial Partners -- D. Plant Roots and Their Fungal Partners -- E. Where Roots Meet Rocks and Minerals -- F. Plant Roots and Their Animal Partners -- G. How Plants and Animals Affect the Layers of a Soil -- Pt. 2. Members of the Soil Community -- A. Microbes -- Animal Kingdom -- B. Invertebrates - Animals without Backbones -- C. Vertebrates -- Pt. 3. Working in Partnership with Creatures of the Soil -- 1. Preventing Erosion -- 2. Avoiding Excessive Use of Fertilizers -- 3. Effects of Acid Rain -- 4. Avoiding Salt-Encrusted Soils -- 5. Maintaining Soil Structure -- 6. Discouraging Invasion of Soils by Exotic Species -- 7. Composting as an Antidote to Soil Abuse -- Collecting and Observing Life of the Soil.
Summary "Covering everything from slime molds and roundworms to woodlice and dung beetles, as well as vertebrates from salamanders to shrews, this illustrated guide book to the many unheralded creatures that inhabit our soils and shape our environment aboveground will inform and enrich the naturalist in all of us."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects Soil biology
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