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BL
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1013213
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b767583
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| Main Entry
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Baskin, Yvonne.
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| Title & Author
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Under ground : : how creatures of mud and dirt shape our world /\ Yvonne Baskin.
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, DC :: Island Press/Shearwater Books,, ©2005.
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1 online resource (237 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1429495332
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: 1597260037
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: 1597261181
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: 1597269387
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: 9781429495332
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: 9781597260039
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: 9781597261180
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: 9781597269384
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| Notes
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"A project of SCOPE, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment."
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-226) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: Opening the Black Box -- Where Nematodes are Lions -- Of Ferns, Bears, and Slime Molds -- The Power of Ecosystem Engineers -- Plowing the Seabed -- Microbes, Muck and Dead Zones -- Fungi and the Fate of Forests -- Grazers, Grass, and Microbes -- Restoring Power to the Soil.
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| Abstract
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Annotation The soils of the Earth, whether underneath our feet or pressurised beneath tons of ocean water, hold life in abundance. A handful of garden dirt may harbour more species than the entire aboveground Amazon. A growing array of scientists is exploring life in soils and sediments, uncovering a living world literally alien to our own senses--and yet one whose integrity turns out to be crucial to life above ground.
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Burrowing animals.
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Soil animals.
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Burrowing animals.
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SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Zoology-- General.
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Soil animals.
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| Dewey Classification
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591.75/7
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| LC Classification
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QL110.B35 2005eb
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| Added Entry
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International Council of Scientific Unions., Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment.
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