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Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry

  • 5th Edition - August 30, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Eldor Paul, Serita Frey
  • Language: English

Soil Microbiology, Ecology, and Biochemistry, Fifth Edition addresses the increasingly important field of soil biota and their interactions in research and education. Soil biot… Read more

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Description

Soil Microbiology, Ecology, and Biochemistry, Fifth Edition addresses the increasingly important field of soil biota and their interactions in research and education. Soil biota are extremely important, and especially relevant to today’s societal questions related to global change, ecosystem sustainability, and food security in our ever-changing environment. Revised by a group of world-renowned authors in many institutions and disciplines, this book relates breakthroughs in knowledge in this important field, along with its history and future applications. This new edition provides readable, practical, impactful information for many applied and fundamental disciplines. There is no other available volume on the topics covered that also integrates the concepts in a way that makes them useful to a broad group of readers.

Key features

  • Provides step-by-step guidance on key procedures/processes
  • Includes information on the modeling of soil microbial processes, as well as the greater application of models in facing societal challenges
  • Stresses the importance of nitrogen and its relevance to plant growth, enzyme production, soil organic matter formation, food security, and environmental sustainability, including pollution

Readership

Senior undergraduate and graduate-level text in the fields of soil science, ecology, microbiology, and biogeochemistry. General reference for teaching institutions and for engineering and commercial applications; can be used in industry as a background text in bioengineering and agronomic/environmental consulting

Table of contents

1. Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry: An Exciting Present and Great Future Built on Basic Knowledge and Unifying Concepts

2. The Soil Habitat

3. The Bacteria and Archaea

4. The Soil Fungi: Occurrence, Phylogeny, and Ecology

5. Soil Fauna: Occurrence, Biodiversity, and Roles in Ecosystem Function

6. Molecular Approaches to Studying the Soil Biota

7. Physiological and Biochemical Methods for Studying Soil Biota and their Functions

8. The Spatial Distribution of Soil Biota

9. The Metabolic Physiology of Soil Microorganisms

10. The Ecology of Soil Biota and their Function

11. Plant-Soil Biota Interactions

12. Carbon Cycling: The Dynamics and Formation of Organic Matter

13. Methods for Studying Soil Organic Matter: Nature, Dynamics, Spatial Accessibility, and Interactions with Minerals

14. Nitrogen Transformations

15. Biological N Inputs

16. Biological Cycling of Inorganic Nutrients and Metals in Soils and Their Role in Soil Biogeochemistry

17. Modeling the Dynamics of Soil Organic Matter and Nutrient Cycling

18. Management of Soil Biota and Their Processes

Product details

  • Edition: 5
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 30, 2023
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Eldor Paul

Eldor A. Paul is a Senior Research Scientist at the Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University, Fort Collins and Professor Emeritus at Michigan State University, East Lansing. During his time at Michigan State, he was professor of Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry, and Crop and Soil Sciences. He earned degrees from the University of Alberta and the University of Minnesota. His research focuses on the dynamics of soil organic matter and the microbial ecology of soil. Dr. Paul is a Fellow of ASA, SSSA, the Canadian Society of Soil Science, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Affiliations and expertise
Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, USA

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Serita Frey

Serita Frey is a microbial ecologist with over 30 years of experience studying microbes in the environment. She received her Ph.D. in Ecology from Colorado State University and is currently a professor in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of New Hampshire. Her research examines how environmental change is altering the structure and function of forest ecosystems, with an emphasis on soil microbial communities and nutrient cycling processes. She is specifically interested in how anthropogenic stressors (e.g., climate change, nitrogen deposition, invasive species) affect the composition and diversity of soil microbial communities and microbial-mediated carbon and nitrogen cycles.
Affiliations and expertise
Editor-in-Chief for Issues in Ecology and Board of Editors for Ecology/Ecological Monographs

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