Author: Coleman D.C.; Hendrix P.F.
Publisher: CABI Publishing
Publication year: 2000
E-ISBN: 9780851997087
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9780851993942
Subject: X Environmental Science, Safety Science
Keyword: The Environment
Language: ENG
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Invertebrates as Webmasters in Ecosystems
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The purpose of this book is to review and assess our current understanding of invertebrates in terrestrial and terrestrially-dominated (i.e. lower-order stream) ecosystems. It emphasises the centrality of the activity of invertebrates, which influence ecosystem function far out of proportion to their physical mass in a wide range of situations, particularly at the interface between land and air (litter/soil), water and land (sediments) and in tree canopies and root/soil systems. Consisting of 16 chapters by authors from the USA, Canada, Europe and Australia, the book is essential reading for ecologists and invertebrate biologists.
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