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Overview"Invertebrates are conspicuous, influential components in all of the ecosystems of the world. Assemblages of invertebrates assume an organizing function and hence may be considered as ""webmasters"" in these ecosystems. This book reviews and assesses our current understanding of invertebrates in terrestrial and terrestrially-dominated (lower-order stream) ecosystems. It emphasizes the centrality of the activity of invertebrates, which influence ecosystems function far out of proportion to their physical mass in a wide range of situations, particularly at the soil interface between land and air (litter/soil), water and land (sediments) and in tree canopies and root/soil systems." Full Product DetailsAuthor: David Coleman (Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, USA) , Paul Hendrix (Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, USA) , Paul Hendrix (Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, USA) , Paul Hendrix (Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, USA)Publisher: CABI Publishing Imprint: CABI Publishing Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.816kg ISBN: 9780851993942ISBN 10: 085199394 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 10 January 2000 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1: Webmaster Functions in Ecosystems 2: Foodweb Functioning and Ecosystem Processes: Problems and Perceptions of Scaling, JM Anderson, University of Exeter, UK 3: Keystone Arthropods as Webmasters in Desert Ecosystems, WG Whitford, USDA/ARS Jornada Experimental Range, New Mexico State University, USA 4: Responses of Grassland Soil Invertebrates to Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbances, JM Blair, TC Todd, and MA Callaham, Jr., Kansas State University, USA 5: Effects of Invertebrates in Lotic Ecosystem Processes, JB Wallace and JJ Hutchens, Jr., University of Georgia, USA 6: Webmasters in Feedback Interactions and Food Webs 7: Insects as Regulators of Ecosystem Development, TD Schowalter, Oregon State University, USA 8: Herbivores, Biochemical Messengers and Plants: Aspects of Intertrophic Transduction, MI Dyer, University of Georgia, USA 9: Soil Invertebrate Controls and Microbial Interactions in Nutrient and Organic Matter Dynamics in Natural and Agroecosystems, CA Edwards, The Ohio State University, USA 10: Invertebrates in Detrital Food Webs along Gradients of Productivity, JC Moore, University of Northern Colorado,USA and PC de Ruiter, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands 11: Webmasters and Ecosystem Diversity 12: Biodiversity of Oribatid Mites (Acari: Oribatida) in Tree Canopies and Litter, V Behan-Pelletier, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada and DE Walter, University of Queensland, Australia 13: Diversity in the Decomposing Landscape, RA Hansen, University of South Carolina, USA 14: The Pervasive Effects of Invasive Species: Exotic and Native Fire Ants, CR Carroll and CA Hoffman, University of Georgia, USA 15: Soil Invertebrate Species Diversity in Natural and Disturbed Environments, J Rusek, Institute of Soil Biology, Czech Republic 16: Webmasters in Regional and Global Contexts 17: Invertebrates and Nutrient Cycling in Coniferous Forest Ecosystems: Spatial Heterogeneity and Conditionality, TM Bolger, University College Dublin, Ireland, LJ Heneghan, DePaul University, USA and P Neville, University College Dublin, Ireland 18: Impacts of Insects on Human-dominated and Natural Forest Landscapes, RN Coulson and DF Wunneburger, Texas A&M University, USA 19: Soil Fauna and Controls of Carbon Dynamics: Comparisons of Rangelands and Forests Across Latitudinal Gradients,TR Seastedt, University of Colorado, USA 20: Soil Processes and Global Change: Will Invertebrates Make a Difference?, PM Groffman and CG Jones, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, New York, USAReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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