Description
Book SynopsisA study of nematodes as active contributors to the decomposition cycle in soil ecosystems.
Table of Contents
- List of Contributors
- Foreword (J. A. Wallwork)
- Preface (D. W. Freckman)
- I. Primary Consumption
- The Role of Nematodes as Primary Consumers (Howard Ferris)
- Nematodes in No-Tillage Agroecosystems (B. R. Stinner and D. A. Crossley, Jr.)
- Interactions between Phytophagous Nematodes (Larry Duncan and Howard Ferris)
- II. Decomposition
- Role of Nematodes in Decomposition (G. W. Yeates and D. C. Coleman)
- Parameters of the Nematode Contribution to Ecosystems (Diana W. Freckman)
- The Role of Nematodes in Decomposition in Desert Ecosystems (W. G. Whitford, D. W. Freckman, R. F. Santos, N. Z. Elkins, and L. W. Parker)
- The Role of Bacterivorous and Fungivorous Nematodes in Cellulose and Chitin Decomposition in the Context of a Root/Rhizosphere/Soil Conceptual Model (J. A. Trofymow and D. C. Coleman)
- III. Synthesis and Validation
- Model Synthesis and Validation: Primary Consumers (R. McSorley, J. M. Ferris, and V. R. Ferris)
- A Simulation Model for Life-History Strategies of Bacteriophagic Nematodes (Richard V. Anderson and Thomas B. Kirchner)
- Soil Sampling and Processing for Detection and Quantification of Nematode Populations for Ecological Studies (P. B. Goodell)
- Discussion
