Nematodes in Soil Ecosystems / / ed. by Diana W. Freckman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Anderson, Richard V.,; Coleman, D. C.,; Crossley, D. A.,; Duncan, Larry,; Elkins, N. Z.,; Ferris, Howard,; Ferris, J. M.,; Ferris, V. R.,; Freckman, D. W,; Freckman, D. W.,; Freckman, Diana W.,; Goodell, P. B.,; Kirchner, Thomas B.,; McSorley, R.,; Parker, L. W.,; Santos, P. F.,; Stinner, B. R,; Trofymow, J. A.,; Wallwork, J. A.,; Whitford, W. G,; Yeates, G. W.,
• HerausgeberIn: Freckman, Diana W.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Wallwork, J. A.
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©1982
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (220 p.)

Many species of the phylum Nematoda, the nonsegmented worms, play an important role as animal or plant parasites; most species are active contributors to the decomposition cycle in soil ecosystems, but the details of that contribution are just beginning to be understood. Agricultural nematologists,...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
• FOREWORD
• PREFACE
• Part I Primary Consumption
• THE ROLE OF NEMATODES AS PRIMARY CONSUMERS
• NEMATODES IN NO-TILLAGE AGROECOSYSTEMS
• INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PHYTOPHAGOUS NEMATODES
• Part II Decomposition
• ROLE OF NEMATODES IN DECOMPOSITION
• PARAMETERS OF THE NEMATODE CONTRIBUTION TO ECOSYSTEMS
• THE ROLE OF NEMATODES IN DECOMPOSITION IN DESERT ECOSYSTEMS
• THE ROLE OF BACTERIVOROUS AND FUNGIVOROUS NEMATODES IN CELLULOSE AND CHITIN DECOMPOSITION IN THE CONTEXT OF A ROOT/RHIZOSPHERE/SOIL CONCEPTUAL MODEL
• Part III Synthesis and Validation
• MODEL SYNTHESIS AND VALIDATION: PRIMARY CONSUMERS
• A SIMULATION MODEL FOR LIFE-HISTORY STRATEGIES OF BACTERIOPHAGIC NEMATODES
• SOIL SAMPLING AND PROCESSING FOR DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION OF NEMATODE POPULATIONS FOR ECOLOGICAL STUDIES
• DISCUSSION