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  title info:
    title: Life in the soil [
    sub title: a guide for naturalists and gardeners
  name:
    name part: Nardi, James B.
    name part: 1948-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ilu
    place:
      place term: Chicago, Illinois
    publisher: University of Chicago Press
    date issued: 2007
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    form: electronic resource]
    extent: 1 online resource (xxi, 293 p., [32] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.)
  abstract: Leonardo da Vinci once mused that "we know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot," an observation that is as apt today as it was five hundred years ago. The biological world under our toes is often unexplored and unappreciated, yet it teems with life. In one square meter of earth, there lives trillions of bacteria, millions of nematodes, hundreds of thousands of mites, thousands of insects and worms, and hundreds of snails and slugs. But because of their location and size, many of these creatures are as unfamiliar and bizarre to us as anything found at the bottom of the ocean. Lavishly illustrated with nearly three hundred color illustrations and masterfully-rendered black and white drawings throughout, Life in the Soil invites naturalists and gardeners alike to dig in and discover the diverse community of creatures living in the dirt below us. Biologist and acclaimed natural history artist James B. Nardi begins with an introduction to soil ecosystems, revealing the unseen labors of underground organisms maintaining the rich fertility of the earth as they recycle nutrients between the living and mineral worlds. He then introduces readers to a dazzling array of creatures: wolf spiders with glowing red eyes, snails with 120 rows of teeth, and 10,000-year-old fungi, among others. Organized by taxon, Life in the Soil covers everything from slime molds and roundworms to woodlice and dung beetles, as well as vertebrates from salamanders to shrews. The book ultimately explores the crucial role of soil ecosystems in conserving the worlds above and below ground.
  note: James B. Nardi
  note: Description based on print version record
  note: Includes bibliographical references (p [275]-277) and index
  subject:
    topic: Soil biology
  classification: QH84.8 .N36 2007
  identifier: 0226568539 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 9780226568539 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 0226568520 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  identifier: 9780226568522 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  identifier: http://site.ebrary.com/id/10333645
  identifier: http://www.myilibrary.com
  identifier: http://www.netlibrary.com/urlapi.asp
  identifier: http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do
  record info:
    record creation date: 110412
    record change date: 20110418093000.0
    record identifier: 0000072164