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The world beneath our feet : a guide to life in the soil
Title:
The world beneath our feet : a guide to life in the soil
Author:
Nardi, James B., 1948-
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2003]

©2003
Physical Description:
223 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Summary:
A close look at what soil is, how it evolved, how it suports life, and why it wears out, plus profiles of the plants and animals that form the ecosystem of healthy soil and how we can help to nurture them.
Language:
English
Contents:
Marriage of the mineral world and the organic world -- Plants and their bacterial partners -- Plants and their fungal partners -- The virtues of roots -- Plants and their animal partners: decomposers and recyclers -- Plants and their animal partners: diggers and tillers -- Members of the soil community -- Microbes -- Invertebrates -- Arthropods -- Insects -- Vertebrates -- The gift of good earth -- Erosion -- Composting 1.
ISBN:
9780195139907
Format :
Book