Soil Organic Matter: Biological and Ecological Effects

By Robert L. Tate III

This timely volume provides a basic introduction to the biological aspects of soil organic matter. With rapidly increasing societal demands on the soil ecosystem and the current recognition that the pools of organic matter in agricultural soils are declining, we have come to realize the essential function that soil organic matter performs in the ecosystem. The author shows how, in many cases, the total nature and longevity of the the entire ecosystem are controlled by the chemical, biological, and physical properties of the soil organic matter pool. Covers fauna, microbes, and enzymes in the soil; organic matter transformation and humification; mathematical modeling; ecosystem management, and much more.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471815705
• ISBN13: 9780471815709
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 2.6"