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Ecology of Arable Land — Perspectives and Challenges

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Editors:
  1. M. Clarholm

    1. Department of Ecology and Environmental Research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

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  2. L. Bergström

    1. Department of Soil Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

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Part of the book series: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences (DPSS, volume 39)

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. The application to agriculture of predictive plant production models based on regional experimental data

    • B. W. R. Torssell
    Pages 1-7

  3. Primary productivity of natural grass ecosystems of the tropics: A reappraisal

    • S. P. Long, E. Garcia Moya, S. K. Imbamba, A. Kamnalrut, M. T. F. Piedade, J. M. O. Scurlock et al.
    Pages 9-20

  4. A reassessment of shoot/root and root/organic matter interactions

    • David C. Coleman, Diana W. Freckman, Gamin M. Wang, John D. Goeschl
    Pages 21-29

  5. Why and how to estimate the cost of symbiotic N2 fixation? A progressive approach based on the use of 14C and l5N isotopes

    • F. R. Warembourg, C. Roumet
    Pages 31-41

  6. Plant-and soil-related controls of the flow of carbon from roots through the soil microbial biomass

    • J. A. Van Veen, R. Merckx, S. C. Van De Geijn
    Pages 43-52

  7. Carbon and nitrogen dynamics along the decay continuum: Plant litter to soil organic matter

    • Jerry M. Melillo, John D. Aber, Arthur E. Linkins, Andrea Ricca, Brian Fry, Knute J. Nadelhoffer
    Pages 53-62

  8. Nitrogen cycling in farming systems derived from savanna: Perspectives and challenges

    • M. J. Swift, P. G. H. Frost, B. M. Campbell, J. C. Hatton, K. B. Wilson
    Pages 63-76

  9. Influences of elemental interactions and pedogenic processes in organic matter dynamics

    • J. W. B. Stewart, C. V. Cole
    Pages 77-87

  10. Modelling land use effects of soil organic matter dynamics in the North American Great Plains

    • C. V. Cole, J. W. B. Stewart, D. S. Ojima, W. J. Parton, D. S. Schimel
    Pages 89-98

  11. Simulating regional patterns of soil C, N, and P dynamics in the U.S. central grasslands region

    • W. J. Parton, C. V. Cole, J. W. B. Stewart, D. S. Ojima, D. S. Schimel
    Pages 99-108

  12. Management of earthworm populations in agro-ecosystems: A possible way to maintain soil quality?

    • P. Lavelle, I. Barois, A. Martin, Z. Zaidi, R. Schaefer
    Pages 109-122

  13. Impact of human activities on nematode communities in terrestrial ecosystems

    • L. Wasilewska
    Pages 123-132

  14. Cycling of nutrients from dying roots to living plants, including the role of mycorrhizas

    • E. I. Newman, W. R. Eason
    Pages 133-137

  15. Mycorrhizal mycelia and their role in soil and plant communities

    • R. D. Finlay, B. Söderström
    Pages 139-148

  16. Activity of nitrifiers in relation to nitrogen of plants in natural ecosystem

    • J. W. Woldendorp, H. J. Laanbroek
    Pages 149-160

  17. Nitrogen availability and nitrification during succession: Primary, secondary and old-field seres

    • Peter M. Vitousek, Pamela A. Matson, Keith Van Cleve
    Pages 161-171

  18. The influence of invertebrates on soil fertility and plant growth in temperate grasslands

    • J. P. Curry
    Pages 173-184

  19. Role of soil animals in C and N mineralization

    • T. Persson
    Pages 185-189

  20. Inferring trophic transfers from pulse-dynamics in detrital food webs

    • H. W. Hunt, E. T. Elliott, D. E. Walter
    Pages 191-203
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About this book

Agriculture in the industrial world has gone A common interest of the contributors is increas­ through dramatic changes over the past decades. ing the understanding of the turnover of carbon Mechanization in combination with high inputs of and inorganic nutrients in terestrial ecosystems. fertilizers and pesticides has turned deficits of agri­ The authors approach this topic from different cultural products into surplus. Over the same directions depending on their interests and ex­ period we have experienced increased environment­ pertise. Difficulties are identified in the quantifica­ al problems in both the atmosphere and our water tion of below-ground production where death and resources, which have been associated with the re-growth, if incorporated into the calculations, changes in management practices. can change production figures considerably as Concern about the potential pollution by compared to values derived from "peak" estimates. nitrogen fertilizers as well as the low utilization The role of root-derived carbon is investigated in efficiency of applied nitrogen by plants has created relation to nutrient competition between roots and a need for a better understanding of nitrogen microorganisms, the cost of N2 fixation and the cycling in the plant-soil-water system. To achieve decomposition of organic nitrogen. Mycorrhizae this, it is neccessary to study process interactions use root-derived carbon and their roles in phos­ and process regulation in an ecosystem context. phorus conservation and in supplying nutrients to During the last decade many ecosystem studies the host are exemplified.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Ecology and Environmental Research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

    M. Clarholm

  • Department of Soil Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

    L. Bergström

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ecology of Arable Land — Perspectives and Challenges

  • Editors: M. Clarholm, L. Bergström

  • Series Title: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1021-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1989

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0424-1Due: 31 August 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6950-2Published: 20 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-1021-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 298

  • Topics: Geochemistry, Soil Science & Conservation

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