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'Earth Matters' describes the importance of soil, the many ways in which we depend on it, and how humans have worked with the soil throughout history. Exploring the reasons for increasing recognition and respect for soil even among town and city dwellers, Bardgett concludes with a look at current efforts to stop widespread soil degradation.

Soils. --- Soil science. --- Soil and civilization. --- Civilization and soil --- Soils and civilization --- Civilization --- Soils --- Pedology (Soil science) --- Agriculture --- Earth sciences --- Earth (Soils) --- Mold, Vegetable --- Mould, Vegetable --- Soil --- Vegetable mold --- Agricultural resources --- Plant growing media --- Regolith --- Land capability for agriculture --- Soil science --- Soil and civilization --- 631.4 --- 631.4 Soil science. Pedology. Soil research --- Soil science. Pedology. Soil research --- Soil biology. --- Biology --- Natural history

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This multi-contributor, international volume synthesizes contributions from the world's leading soil scientists and ecologists, describing cutting-edge research that provides a basis for the maintenance of soil health and sustainability. The book covers these advances from a unique perspective of examining the ecosystem services produced by soil biota across different scales - from biotic interactions at microscales to communities functioning at regional and global scales. The bookleads the user towards an understanding of how the sustainability of soils, biodiversity, and ecosystem services c

Soil ecology. --- Edaphology --- Ecology --- Soils --- Roots (Botany) --- Environmental aspects --- Bibliografía recomendada

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Soil ecology. --- Ecologie du sol --- Écologie --- ecology --- Écosystème --- ecosystems --- Biologie du sol --- Soil biology --- Organisme du sol --- soil organisms --- Écologie microbienne --- microbial ecology --- Changement climatique --- Climatic change --- Durabilité --- Sustainability --- Développement durable --- Sustainable development --- Services écosystémiques --- Services écosystémiques

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Does the creation of artificial reefs benefit subtidal benthic invertebrates? Is the use of organic farming instead of conventi onal farming beneficial to bat conservation? Does installing wildlife warning reflectors along roads benefit mammal conservation? Does the installation of exclusion and/or escape devices on fishing nets benefit marine and freshwater mammal conservation? What Works in Conservation has been created to provide practitioners with answers to these and many other questions about practical conservation. This book provides an assessment of the effectiveness of 2526 conservation interventions based on summarized scientific evidence. The 2021 edition contains substantial new material on bat conservation, terrestrial mammal conservation and marine and freshwater mammals, thus completing the evidence for all mammal species categories. Other chapters cover practical global conservation of primates, amphibians, birds, forests, peatlands, subtidal benthic invertebrates, shrublands and heathlands, as well as the conservation of European farmland biodiversity and some aspects of enhancing natural pest control, enhancing soil fertility, management of captive animals and control of freshwater invasive species. It contains key results from the summarized evidence for each conservation intervention and an assessment of the effectiveness of each by international expert panels. The accompanying website www.conservationevidence.com describes each of the studies individually, and provides full references. This is the sixth edition of What Works in Conservati on, which is revised on an annual basis. As with all Open Book publications, this entire book is available to read and download for free on the publisher’s website at https://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/1490 where printed and ebook editions can also be bought.

Environmental Studies --- practical intervention --- farmland --- soil fertility --- conservation --- environment --- forest --- environmental study --- amphibian --- bat --- bird --- invasive specie