A number of excellent textbooks on general ecology are currently
available but' to date' none have been dedicated to the study of
soil ecology. This is important because the soil' as the
'epidermis' of our planet' is the major component of the
terrestrial biosphere. In the present age' it is difficult to
understand how one could be interested in general ecology without
having some knowledge of the soil and further' to study the soil
without taking into account its biological components and
ecological setting. It is this deficiency that the two authors'
Patrick Lavelle and Alister Spain' have wished to address in
writing their text. A reading of this work' entitled 'Soil
Ecology'' shows it to be very complete and extremely innovative in
its conceptual plan. In addition' it follows straightforwardly
through a development which unfolds over four substantial chapters.
Firstly' the authors consider the soil as a porous and finely
divided medium of b- organomineral origin' whose physical structure
and organisation foster the development of a multitude of
specifically adapted organisms (microbial communities' roots of
higher plants' macro-invertebrates).
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