The Significance and Regulation of Soil Biodiversity: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Soil Biodiversity, held at Michigan State University, East Lansing, May 3–6, 1993

Front Matter....Pages I-2
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
A Hierarchical approach to evaluating the significance of soil biodiversity to biogeochemical cycling....Pages 5-22
Mutualism and biodiversity in soils....Pages 23-33
The detritus food-web and the diversity of soil fauna as indicators of disturbance regimes in agro-ecosystems....Pages 35-43
Front Matter....Pages 45-45
Patterns and regulation of mycorrhizal plant and fungal diversity....Pages 47-62
Thoughts on the processes that maintain local species diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi....Pages 63-73
Soil microbial diversity and the sustainability of agricultural soils....Pages 75-86
The functional significance of the microbial biomass in organic and conventionally managed soils....Pages 87-97
Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) profiles as measures of soil microbial community structure....Pages 99-113
Discrimination of microbial diversity by fatty acid profiles of phospholipids and lipopolysaccharides in differently cultivated soils....Pages 115-122
Effects of previous intensive agricultural management on microorganisms and the biodiversity of soil fauna....Pages 123-129
Divergence of mycorrhizal fungal communities in crop production systems....Pages 131-140
Biodiversity and species redundancy among litter decomposers....Pages 141-151
The role of glutamine synthetase in regulation of nitrogen metabolism within the soil microbial community....Pages 153-159
Facultatively anaerobic cellulolytic fungi from soil....Pages 161-167
Decomposition and nitrogen release from leaves of three hardwood species grown under elevated O 3 and/or CO 2 ....Pages 169-177
Interpreting soil ciliate biodiversity....Pages 179-184
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Measures of nematode community structure and sources of variability among and within agricultural fields....Pages 187-201
Analysis of nematode trophic structure in agroecosystems: Functional groups versus high resolution taxonomy....Pages 203-207
Relationships among microarthropods, fungi, and their environment....Pages 209-223
The spatial heterogeneity of soil invertebrates and edaphic properties in an old growth forest stand in western Oregon....Pages 225-236
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Population dynamics and functional roles of Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta) in hardwood forest and agricultural ecosystems....Pages 237-245
How do earthworms affect microfloral and faunal community diversity?....Pages 247-269
Earthworm community structure and diversity in experimental agricultural watersheds in Northeastern Ohio....Pages 271-277
Earthworm population size and composition, and microbial biomass: Effect — of pastoral and arable management in Canterbury, New Zealand....Pages 279-285
Leaf litter decomposition and microarthropod abundance along an altitudinal gradient....Pages 287-292
Back Matter....Pages 293-294