Overview

Researchers now recognize that above- and belowground communities are indirectly linked to one another, often by plant-mediated mechanisms. To date, however, there has been no single multi-authored edited volume on the subject. This book remedies that gap, and offers state-of-the art insights into basic and applied research on aboveground-belowground interactions and their functional consequences. Drawing on a diverse pool of global expertise, the authors present diverse approaches that span a range of scales and levels of complexity. The respective chapters provide in-depth information on the current state of research, and outline future prospects in the field of aboveground-belowground community ecology. In particular, the book’s goal is to expand readers’ knowledge of the evolutionary, community and ecosystem consequences of aboveground-belowground interactions, making it essential reading for all biologists, graduate students and advanced undergraduates working in thisrapidly expanding field. It touches on multiple research fields including ecology, botany, zoology, entomology, microbiology and the related applied areas of biodiversity management and conservation.

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Author:   Takayuki Ohgushi ,  Susanne Wurst ,  Scott N. Johnson
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2018
Volume:   234
Weight:   0.727kg
ISBN:  

9783319916132

ISBN 10:   3319916130
Pages:   370
Publication Date:   11 October 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Linking Aboveground-Belowground Ecology: A Short Historical Perspective.- Belowground Experimental Approaches for Exploring Aboveground-Belowground Patterns.- Modelling Aboveground-Belowground Interactions.- Intraspecific Plant-Soil Feedbacks Link Ecosystem Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.- Interactions Involving Rhizobacteria and Foliar-Feeding Insects.- Belowground-Aboveground Interactions Between Pathogens and Herbivores.- Soil Macro-Invertebrates- Their Impact on Plants and Associated Aboveground Communities in Temperate Regions.- The Feedback Loop Between Aboveground Herbivores and Soil Microbes via Deposition Processes.- Eco-Evolutionary Factors Driving Plant-Mediated Above-Belowground Invertebrate Interactions Along Elevation Gradients.- Cross-Compartment Herbivory Effects on Antagonists and Mutualists and Their Consequences for Plant Fitness.- Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics of Above- and Belowground Herbivores and Invasive Plants.- Wei Huang, Evan Siemann, and Jianqing Ding.- Soil Biota As Drivers of Plant Community Assembly.- Application and Theory of Plant-Soil Feedbacks on Aboveground Herbivores.-  Current Knowledge and Future Challenges of Aboveground and Belowground Community Ecology.

Reviews

The book is a must-read for anyone interested in ecology. Because the rangeland ecology community is well aware of the importance of soils ... this book would be good place to start, and in turn the rangeland ecologist has much to add in broadening the context of AG-BG studies. (Heidi-Jayne Hawkins, African Journal of Range & Forage Science, June 5, 2020) Aboveground-Belowground Community Ecology is a useful and important book. ... it would be a highly valuable text for graduate and advanced undergraduate students across fields of ecology, biodiversity, soil science, microbial ecology, evolution, agronomy and entomology. It is informative and incites new approaches and ways of thinking about community ecology; therefore, I am certain this is a text I will perpetually be reaching for. (Adam Frew, Austral Ecology, July 09, 2019)

Aboveground-Belowground Community Ecology is a useful and important book. ... it would be a highly valuable text for graduate and advanced undergraduate students across fields of ecology, biodiversity, soil science, microbial ecology, evolution, agronomy and entomology. It is informative and incites new approaches and ways of thinking about community ecology; therefore, I am certain this is a text I will perpetually be reaching for. (Adam Frew, Austral Ecology, July 09, 2019)

Author Information

Takayuki Ohgushi Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Shiga, Japan, ohgushi@ecology.kyoto-u.ac.jp Susanne Wurst Functional Biodiversity, Institute of Biology, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany, e-mail: s.wurst@fu-berlin.de Scott N. Johnson Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith NSW, Australia, e-mail: Scott.Johnson@westernsydney.edu.au    

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