Earthworm Ecology
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Earthworm Ecology

  1. 456 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Earthworm Ecology

About this book

Earthworm Ecology, Second Edition updates the most comprehensive work available on earthworm ecology with extensive revisions of the original chapters. New chapters analyze the history of earthworm research, the importance of earthworms as representatives of soil fauna and how they affect plant growth, the effects of the invasion of exotic earthworms into North America and other regions, and vermiculture and vermicomposting in Europe.This well-illustrated, expansive study examines the important and often overlooked impact earthworms have on the environment. It discusses the impact of climate, soil properties, predation, disease and parasitism, and competition upon earthworm ecology.

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2004
Print ISBN
9780849318191
eBook ISBN
9781420039719
Edition
2
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Ecology
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. About the Editor
  3. Contributors
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Part I: Introduction
  6. Chapter 1. The Importance of Earthworms as Key Representatives of the Soil Fauna
  7. Chapter 2. How Earthworms Affect Plant Growth: Burrowing into the Mechanisms
  8. Part II: Earthworm Taxonomy, Diversity, and Biogeography
  9. Chapter 3. Planetary Processes and Their Interactions with Earthworm Distributions and Ecology
  10. Chapter 4. The Status of Earthworm Biogeography, Diversity, and Taxonomy in North America Revisited with Glimpses into the Future
  11. Chapter 5. Invasion of Exotic Earthworms into North America and Other Regions
  12. Part III: Earthworm Biology, Ecology, Behavior, and Physiology
  13. Chapter 6. Factors Affecting the Abundance of Earthworms in Soils
  14. Chapter 7. A Comprehensive Study of the Taxonomy and Ecology of the Lumbricid Earthworm Genus Octodrilus from the Carpathians
  15. Part IV: Influence of Earthworms on Soil Organic Matter Dynamics, Nutrient Dynamics, and Microbial Ecology
  16. Chapter 8. Effects of Earthworms on Soil Organic Matter and Nutrient Dynamics at a Landscape Scale over Decades
  17. Chapter 9. Integrating the Effects of Earthworms on Nutrient Cycling across Spatial and Temporal Scales
  18. Part V: Effects of Earthworms on Soil Physical Properties and Function
  19. Chapter 10. Quantifying the Effects of Earthworms on Soil Aggreation and Porosity
  20. Chapter 11. Effects of Earthworms on Soil Organization
  21. Part VI: Interactions of Earthworms with Microorganisms, Invertebrates, and Plants
  22. Chapter 12. Functional Interactions between Earthworms, Microorganisms, Organic Matter, and Plants
  23. Chapter 13. Impacts of Earthworms on Other Biota in Forest Soils, with Some Emphasis on Cool Temperate Montane Forests
  24. Part VII: Earthworms in Agroecosystems
  25. Chapter 14. Managing Earthworms as a Resource in Australian Pastures
  26. Chapter 15. Earthworms in Agroecosystems: Research Approaches
  27. Part VIII: Earthworms and Environemtal Pollution
  28. Chapter 16. Earthworms as Test Organisms in Ecotoxicological Assessment of Toxicant Impacts on Ecosystems
  29. Chapter 17. Earthworms in Environmental Research
  30. Part IX: Earthworms in Waste Management
  31. Chapter 18. The Use of Earthworms in the Breakdown of Organic Wastes to Produce Vermicomposts and Animal Feed Protein
  32. Chapter 19. The Use of Earthworms: Nature’s Gift for Utilization of Organic Wastes in Asia
  33. Chapter 20. State-of-the-Art and New Perspectives on Vermicomposting Research
  34. Index