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008			930701s1994 enka b 001 0 eng
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020			_a052143517X (hardback)
020			_a0521435218 (paperback)
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100	1		_aKillham, Ken.
245	1	0	_aSoil ecology / _cKen Killham ; with electron micrographs by Ralph Foster.
260			_aCambridge ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _cc1994.
300			_axviii, 242 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
500			_a CONTENT 1 THE SOIL ENVIRONMENT Introduction The soil as a source of energy and nutrients to the biola Structural aspects of the soil habital Soil water Soil atmosphere, etc. 2 THE SOIL BIOLTA Introduction Plants roots Soil Microbes-bacteria, actinomyeetes, fungi and algae Protozoa {Microfauna} Slime moulds, etc. 3 ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE SOIL BIOTA Introduction Plant/microbial interactions Animal/microbial interactions Animal/animal interactions, etc. 4 THE ECOLOGY OF SOIL NUTRIENT CYCLING Introduction The Carbon cycle The nitrogen cycle The sulphur cycle 5 ECOLOGY OF EXTREME SOIL ENVIRONMENTS-SOIL WATER STRESS Introduction Soil water/salt stress and the plant The plants roof and soil water stress Mycorrhizal response to soil water stress, etc. 6 ECOLOGY OF POLLUTED SOILS Introduction Ecology of soil polluted from acid deposition Ecology of soils polluted with radionuclides 7 MANIPULATION OF SOIL ECOLOGY-'SOIL BIOTECHNOLOGY' Introduction Biofertilisation by rthizobial inoculation Control of the soil biota Biofertilisation by mycorhizal fungal inoculation Genetically modified plants and microbes for use in the environment, etc.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references: p. 212-221, index: p. 231-242
650		0	_aSoil ecology.
650		0	_aSoil science.
650		0	_aBiogeochemical cycles.
700			_aFoster, Ralph
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