Aboveground-belowground linkages : biotic interactions, ecosystem processes, and global change by Bardgett, Richard D, Wardle, David A., 1963- instant download

Aboveground-belowground linkages : biotic interactions, ecosystem processes, and global change by Bardgett, Richard D, Wardle, David A., 1963- instant download

1 online resource (x, 301 pages) :, This volume synthesises and evaluates recent advances concerning how species and their interactions influence terrestrial ecosystem processes, such as productivity, decomposition, nutrient cycling, and fluxes, Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-287) and index, Print version record, Controls on terrestrial ecosystem processes: an historical perspective -- Species and biotic interactions as ecosystem drivers -- Aboveground-belowground interactions as drivers of ecosystem processes -- Aboveground-belowground interactions and global change -- Emerging issues and trends -- Biotic interactions in soil as drivers of ecosystem properties. Introduction ; Influence of decomposers on aboveground communities and ecosystem processes ; Free-living soil microbes, nutrient availability, and plant growth ; Trophic interactions in soil, nutrient availability, and plant growth ; Functional consequences of trophic cascades in the soil food web ; Bacterial-based and fungal-based energy channels and nutrient cycling ; Influence of root-associated organisms on plant communities and ecosystem processes ; Microbial symbionts and plant community dynamics ; Belowground pathogens, herbivores, and plant community dynamics ; Soil ecosystem engineers and plant community dynamics -- Soil biotic interactions, carbon dynamics, and global change. Soil biotic interactions and ecosystem carbon exchange ; Contribution of soil biotic interactions to climate change via carbon-cycle feedbacks ; Multiple global change drivers and soil biotic interactions ; Conclusions -- Plant community influences on the soil community and plant-soil feedbacks. Introduction ; How plants affect the belowground subsystem ; Differential effects of different plant species ; Effects of within-species variation ; Spatial and temporal variability ; Multiple species effects -- Overriding effects of plant traits. Contrasting plant species and trait axes ; Trait dominance, trait…