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Soil Biology in Tropical Ecosystems

  • Shares insights on major groups of organisms living in tropical ecosystem soils

  • Offers students extensive information on soil organism groups as well as their diversity and functions

  • Each chapter can be used as a core text or complementary reference for advanced undergraduate students

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. The Soil Ecosystem at the Tropics

    • Tancredo Souza
    Pages 1-22
  3. The Living Soil

    • Tancredo Souza
    Pages 23-36
  4. Soil Organisms and Ecological Processes

    • Tancredo Souza
    Pages 37-53
  5. Plant-Soil Feedback

    • Tancredo Souza
    Pages 55-64
  6. Natural Ecosystems and Biological Invasion

    • Tancredo Souza
    Pages 99-124
  7. Natural Disasters

    • Tancredo Souza
    Pages 125-135
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 137-139

About this book

This textbook explores the complex nature of soil biological communities and their environments, and covers deserts, rainforests, seasonal tropical forests, dry deciduous forests, and island environments in the tropical zone. It provides essential information on soil biology concepts, ecological processes, plant-soil feedback, trophic structure, and land use effects on soil’s biological properties. The book also offers an updated approach to soil biota and microbiota and their interactions with plants that regulate the structures and functions of tropical ecosystems. Uniquely, it addresses island environments and natural disasters, shedding new light on soil organisms recovering tropical ecosystem functions. Further topics include ecological processes, plant-soil interactions, trophic communities, molecular approaches, and land use, making the book a valuable asset for students, educators and researchers engaged in the Environmental Sciences, Biodiversity and Conservation, Soil Ecology, Soil Biology, Ecology, Zoology, and Soil Biota Classification using classical and molecular tools. 

Keywords

  • soil organisms
  • tropical soils biota
  • soil biota
  • soil food webs
  • trophic position estimation
  • functional ecology
  • plant-soil interactions

Authors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Functional Ecology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Tancredo Souza

About the author

Tancredo Souza is a Visiting Professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, where his work focuses on biology and mutualistic communities, especially macroarthropod community composition, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, free-living nematodes, and N-fixing bacteria associated with exotic and native plant species. He is the editor or author of several books (e.g., Handbook of Mycorrhizal Fungi, “Biologia do Solo da Caatinga”, “Solos em sistemas agroecológicos”) and journal articles. He teaches courses on soil biology, agroecology, mycology, and biostatistics, and has recently begun investigating the effects of biological invasion on soil biota diversity in tropical seasonal dry forests, tropical forests, and subtropical moist broadleaf forests.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Soil Biology in Tropical Ecosystems

  • Authors: Tancredo Souza

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-00949-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-00948-8

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-00949-5

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 139

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 29 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Soil Science, Environmental Microbiology, Plant Science

Buying options

eBook EUR 74.89
Price includes VAT (Finland)
  • ISBN: 978-3-031-00949-5
  • Instant PDF download
  • Readable on all devices
  • Own it forever
  • Exclusive offer for individuals only
  • Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout
Hardcover Book EUR 98.99
Price includes VAT (Finland)