A handbook of tropical soil biology : sampling and characterization of below-ground biodiversity / edited by Fatima M. S. Moreira, E. Jeroen Huising and David E. Bignell
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TextLanguage: English Copyright date: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2008Edition: First editionDescription: xxvi, 218 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmISBN: 9781844076215 (hbk.); 9781844075935 (pbk.)Subject(s): Soil invertebrates -- Tropics | Soil microbiology -- Tropics | Soil biodiversity -- Tropics | Soil biology -- Tropics | Soils -- Sampling -- TropicsDDC classification: 631.46 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Biblioteca del Campus | 631.46 H23617 2008 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Ej. 1 | Available | 000502 |
Includes bibliographical references and index
1. The inventory of soil biological diversity: concepts and general guidelines --
2. Sampling strategy and design to evaluate below-ground biodiversity --
3. Macrofauna --
4. Soil collembola, acari and other mesofauna --
the Berlese method --
5. Soil nematodes --
6. Nitrogen-fixing leguminosae-nodulating bacteria --
7. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) --
8. Saprophytic and plant pathogenic soil fungi --
9. Sampling, conserving and identifying fruit flies --
10. Entomopathogenic fungi and nematodes --
11. Description and classification of land use at sampling locations for the inventory of below-ground biodiversity.
This practical handbook describes sampling and laboratory assessment methods for the biodiversity of a number of key functional groups of soil organisms, including insects, earthworms, nematodes, fungi and bacteria.
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