TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bünemann,Else K.
AU  - Oberson,Astrid
AU  - Frossard,Emmanuel
TI  - Phosphorus in Action: Biological Processes in Soil Phosphorus Cycling
SN  - 9783642152702
U1  - 631.46 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York : 
PB  - Springer
N1  - License restrictions may limit access; Scholarly & Professional; Springer
N2  - Annotation; Phosphorus (P) is a finite resource which is essential for life. It is a limiting nutrient in many ecosystems but also a pollutant which can affect biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems and change the ecology of water bodies. This book collects the latest information on biological processes in soil P cycling, which to date have remained much less understood than physico-chemical processes. The methods section presents spectroscopic techniques and the characterization of microbial P forms, as well as the use of tracers, molecular approaches and modeling of soil-plant systems. The section on processes deals with mycorrhizal symbioses, microbial P solubilization, soil macrofauna, phosphatase enzymes and rhizosphere processes. On the system level, P cycling is examined for grasslands, arctic and alpine soils, forest plantations, tropical forests, and dryland regions. Further, P management with respect to animal production and cropping, and the interactions between global change and P cycling, are treated
UR  - http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio8576129
ER  -