{"product_id":"communities-and-ecosystems-linking-the-aboveground-and-belowground-components-9780691074870","title":"Communities and Ecosystems  Linking the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough theoretical synthesis, this work shows that the key biotic drivers of community and ecosystem properties involve linkages between aboveground and belowground food webs, biotic interaction, the spatial and temporal dynamics of component organisms, and, the ecophysiological traits of those organisms that emerge as ecological drivers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Highly recommended for all ecologists.\"--Choice \"I suspect that this book, if for nothing else than for the sheer weight of its intellectual synthesis, will be among [the] classics for many years to come.\"--Patrick Bohlen, Ecology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments vii  Chapter 1: Introduction 1  Chapter 2: The Soil Food Web: Biotic Interactions and Regulators 7  Controls: Top Down, Bottom Up, and Productivity 9  Regulation by Resources and Predation in Soil Food Webs 16  Litter Transformers, Ecosystem Engineers, and Mutualisms 37  The Functionality of Soil Food Webs 43  Stability and Temporal Variability 48  Synthesis 53  Chapter 3: Plant Species Control of Soil Biota and Processes 56  Plant Species Effects on Soil Biota 57  Links among Plant Species, Soil Biota, and Soil Processes 68  Temporal and Spatial Variability 73  Plant Traits, Strategies, and Ecophysiological Constraints 83  Soil Biotic Responses to Vegetation Succession 97  Synthesis 103  Chapter 4: Belowground Consequences of Aboveground Food Web Interactions 105  Individual Plant Effects 106  Dung and Urine Return 114  Effects of Palatability Differences among Plant Species 117  Spatial and Temporal Variability 130  Consequences of Predation of Herbivores 132  Transport of Resources by Aboveground Consumers 134  Synthesis 136  Chapter 5: Completing the Circle: How Soil Food Web Effects Are Manifested Aboveground 138  The Decomposer Food Web 140  Nitrogen Transformations 152  Microbial Associates of Plant Roots 157  Root Herbivores 169  Physical Effects of Soil Biota 173  Soil Biotic Effects on Aboveground Food Webs 175  Synthesis 181  Chapter 6: The Regulation and Function of Biological Diversity 183  Assessment of Soil Diversity 184  Stress and Disturbance as Controls of Soil Diversity 187  Biotic Controls of Diversity 194  The Enigma of Soil Diversity 203  Diversity of Soil Organisms over Larger Spatial Scales 205  Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function 209  Synthesis 236  Chapter 7: Global Change Phenomena in an Aboveground-Belowground Context 239  Species Losses and Gains 240  Land Use Changes 253  Carbon Dioxide Enrichment and Nitrogen Deposition 265  Global Climate Change 281  Synthesis 292  Chapter 8: Underlying Themes 295  References 309  Index 387","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49526153347415,"sku":"9780691074870","price":66.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691074870.jpg?v=1731863149","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/communities-and-ecosystems-linking-the-aboveground-and-belowground-components-9780691074870","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}