University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Diversity in crop production systems / Bernd Honermeier -- Agrodiversity : genetic diversity in crops and cropping systems / Jutta Ahlemeyer [and others] -- Soil space diversity and its dynamics : qualitative and quantitative considerations / Hans-J�org Vogel, Ulrich Babel -- Microbial communities introduced through organic amendments and by air-transport into agricultural soils / Udo J�ackel, Peter K�ampfer -- Discerning the diversity of soil prokaryotes (bacterial and archaea) and their impact on agriculture / Christoph C. Tebbe, Michael Schloter -- Microbial diversity in the rhizosphere : highly resolving molecular methodology to study plant-beneficial rhizosphere bacteria / Anton Hartmann, Kornelia Smalla, Jaon S�rensen -- Diversity of biofilms and their formation processes / Michael W. Falk, Stefan Wuertz -- Diversity of soil fungi / Guido Fischer -- Diversity of chytrids / Donald A. Klein -- Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi / Philipp Franken, Eckhard George -- Diversity of protozoa / Stuart S. Bamforth -- Diversity of nematodes / Gregor W. Yeates -- Diversity of tardigrada / Kunihiro Seki, Daiki D. Horikawa -- Diversity of lumbricid earthworms in temperate agroecosystems / Joann K. Whalen, C.A. Fox -- Soil enzymes : spatial distribution and function in agroecosystems / Ellen Kandeler, Richard P. Dick -- Metabolic diversity of microorganisms in agricultural soils / Stefan Ratering, Gero Benckiser, Sylvia Schnell -- Gaseous emissions (COb2sCHb4sNb1sO, and NO) from diverse agricultural production systems / Arvin R. Mosier, Tim Parkin -- Principles behind order and sustainability in natural successions and agriculture / Gero Benckiser -- Food web interactions and modeling / John C. Moore, Rodney T. Simpson, Kevin S. McCann, Peter C. de Ruiter / Soil quality assessment and long-term field observation with emphasis on biological soil characteristics / Hans-Rudolf Oberholzer, Heinrich H�oper.

Providing a comprehensive and highly practical exploration of the subject, Biodiversity in Agricultural Production Systems examines abiotic ecosystem diversity and biological complexity at every relevant level. Leading researchers detail subspecies diversity, covering ecotypes, lifecycles, genes, physiology, and behavior. They also discuss species richness and supraspecies diversity, which includes food web interactions and nontrophic relationships, as well as above- and below-ground relationships.--COVER.