To see accurate pricing, please choose your delivery country.
 
 
United States
£ GBP
All Shops

British Wildlife

8 issues per year 84 pages per issue Subscription only

British Wildlife is the leading natural history magazine in the UK, providing essential reading for both enthusiast and professional naturalists and wildlife conservationists. Published eight times a year, British Wildlife bridges the gap between popular writing and scientific literature through a combination of long-form articles, regular columns and reports, book reviews and letters.

Subscriptions from £33 per year

Conservation Land Management

4 issues per year 44 pages per issue Subscription only

Conservation Land Management (CLM) is a quarterly magazine that is widely regarded as essential reading for all who are involved in land management for nature conservation, across the British Isles. CLM includes long-form articles, events listings, publication reviews, new product information and updates, reports of conferences and letters.

Subscriptions from £26 per year
Academic & Professional Books  Ecology  Soils & Soil Ecology

The Living Soil Fundamentals of Soil Science and Soil Biology

Out of Print
By: Jean-Michel Gobat, Michel Aragno and Willy Matthey
602 pages, B/w photos, figs, tabs
The Living Soil
Click to have a closer look
Select version
  • The Living Soil ISBN: 9781578082100 Paperback Dec 2003 Out of Print #143047
  • The Living Soil ISBN: 9781578082124 Hardback Dec 2004 Out of Print #143048
About this book Contents Related titles

About this book

Topics covered include: The Soil as an Ecological System; The Building Blocks of the Soil System: Inert Constituents and Living Organisms; Soil Properties; Life in Action; Formation, Development, and classification of soils; The forms of Soil Humus. The Topics in Soil Biology covered are: Soil and Vegetation: Relations at many levels; Dead, Wood, Excrements, Carcasses, and Gravel: Soil Appendages; Arrested Decomposition; Food Chains and Webs in the Soil; Soil Symbioses; and Soil Biology in the Future,

Contents

Part 1 Fundamentals of soil science: the soil, an ecological system; the building blocks of the soil system - inert constituents and living organisms; soil properties; life in action; formation, development and classification of soils; between life and soil -the forms of soil humus. Part 2 Topics in soil biology: soil and vegetation - relations at many levels; dead wood, excrements, carcasses and gravel - soil appendages; arrested decomposition - from sphagnum moss to peat; composting, a value addition to our wastes; soil bioremediation; animals and ecological niches; food chains and webs in the soil; soil enzymes; the rhizosphere - a (micro) biologically active interface between plant and soil; soil symbioses; soil biology in the future.

Customer Reviews

Out of Print
By: Jean-Michel Gobat, Michel Aragno and Willy Matthey
602 pages, B/w photos, figs, tabs
Current promotions
Best of WinterNHBS Moth TrapNew and Forthcoming BooksBuyers Guides