Vital Soil: Function, Value and Properties 0444517723, 9780444517722, 9780080474786

Healthy soil, with active soil life, deters long-term soil degradation and ensures that geo-physical processes are undis

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Table of contents :
Content:
List of contributors
Pages vii-x

Foreword
Page xi

Preface
Pages xiii-xv

Acknowledgements
Page xvii

Chapter 1 Leading concepts towards vital soil Original Research Article
Pages 1-20
H. Eijsackers

Chapter 2 The formation of soils Original Research Article
Pages 21-40
N. van Breemen

Chapter 3 Vegetation, organic matter and soil quality Original Research Article
Pages 41-98
W.H.O. Ernst

Chapter 4 Soil biota and activity Original Research Article
Pages 99-125
H. Verhoef

Chapter 5 The key role of soil microbes Original Research Article
Pages 127-157
W. Verstraete, B. Mertens

Chapter 6 The use of soil invertebrates in ecological surveys of contaminated soils Original Research Article
Pages 159-195
N. van Straalen

Chapter 7 Balance and stability in vital soils Original Research Article
Pages 197-214
P. de Ruiter

Chapter 8 Soil and higher organisms: From bottom-up relations to top-down monitoring Original Research Article
Pages 215-244
N. van den Brink

Chapter 9 Fate of contaminants in soil Original Research Article
Pages 245-280
W. Peijnenburg

Chapter 10 Ecological soil monitoring and quality assessment Original Research Article
Pages 281-305
A. Breure

Chapter 11 Synthesis for soil management Original Research Article
Pages 307-332
P. Doelman

Subject index
Pages 333-340

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