ROLE OF NEMATODES IN DECOMPOSITION

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS vii
4. FOREWORD ix
5. PREFACE xiii
6. Part I Primary Consumption
7. THE ROLE OF NEMATODES AS PRIMARY CONSUMERS 3
8. NEMATODES IN NO-TILLAGE AGROECOSYSTEMS 14
9. INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PHYTOPHAGOUS NEMATODES 29
10. Part II Decomposition
11. ROLE OF NEMATODES IN DECOMPOSITION 55
12. PARAMETERS OF THE NEMATODE CONTRIBUTION TO ECOSYSTEMS 81
13. THE ROLE OF NEMATODES IN DECOMPOSITION IN DESERT ECOSYSTEMS 98
14. THE ROLE OF BACTERIVOROUS AND FUNGIVOROUS NEMATODES IN CELLULOSE AND CHITIN DECOMPOSITION IN THE CONTEXT OF A ROOT/RHIZOSPHERE/SOIL CONCEPTUAL MODEL 117
15. Part III Synthesis and Validation
16. MODEL SYNTHESIS AND VALIDATION: PRIMARY CONSUMERS 141
17. A SIMULATION MODEL FOR LIFE-HISTORY STRATEGIES OF BACTERIOPHAGIC NEMATODES 157
18. SOIL SAMPLING AND PROCESSING FOR DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION OF NEMATODE POPULATIONS FOR ECOLOGICAL STUDIES 178
19. DISCUSSION 199