Overview
Features the latest research on earthworms since the previous edition
Covers the current state of knowledge on some 3,000 earthworm species
Examines the importance of earthworms in the environment
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Table of contents(14 chapters)
About this book
Biology and Ecology of Earthworms is established as a key valuable text for students of agriculture, soil science, and soil invertebrate zoology and ecology. This is the 4th Edition of the popular textbook which reviews all aspects of earthworm biology and ecology. The book has been fully revised and updated throughout. Particular changes include: new treatments of earthworm taxonomy, diversity, migration and geographical distribution; interactions between earthworms and other soil organisms, especially microorganisms and soil-borne pests and diseases; as well as the importance of earthworms in organic waste management.
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Entomology and Environmental Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
Clive A. Edwards
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College of Agriculture, Forestry & Natural Resource Management, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, USA
Norman Q. Arancon
About the authors
Clive A. Edwards was appointed as Chair of the Department of Entomology at the Ohio State University in 1985. He has published extensively on soil ecology, environmental toxicology, and sustainable agriculture, and he is currently recognized as a world authority on earthworms. His book, The Biology and Ecology of Earthworms, is the first comprehensive book on earthworms since Charles Darwin's The Production of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Earthworms which was published in 1881. In 1996, Professor Edwards's above book won a Presidential Citation from the U.S. Soil & Water Conservation Society. A prolific writer, he has published more than 450 scientific publications including writing, editing or co-editing more than 35 books. He remained a distinguished Emeritus Professor until his death in 2021.
Norman Q. Arancon is a faculty member of the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Science Management at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. He obtained M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Environmental Science from The Ohio State University (OSU), Columbus, Ohio USA after Fulbright fellowship at The Ohio State University from 1997 to 2001. Together with Dr. Clive Edwards and his students at the Soil Ecology Laboratory, they pioneered research on vermicompost applications in the field using other commercially important vegetables to investigate their effects on chemical and biochemical changes in soils. He received Hawaii Legislature, Gubernatorial and Hawaii House of Representatives citations for his contributions in science and technology in 2012, 2019 and 2021, respectively.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biology and Ecology of Earthworms
Authors: Clive A. Edwards, Norman Q. Arancon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74943-3
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-74942-6Published: 28 April 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-74943-3Published: 27 April 2022
Edition Number: 4
Number of Pages: XVI, 567
Number of Illustrations: 81 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ecology, Animal Ecology, Environmental Management, Waste Management/Waste Technology, Invertebrates