Soil Abiotic and Biotic Interactions and the Impact on the Ecosystem and Human Welfare (Hardcover)

The book is divided into five parts. The initial portion overviews the subject and addresses abiotic and biotic interactions and the impact on restoration of terrestrial ecosystems and human welfare. Several chapters deal with the roles of abiotic and biotic interactions in the transformations of (a) natural organics and xenobiotics, (b) nitrogen phosphorous, sulfur, and boron, and (c) metals and metalloids respectively, The book also addresses the issue of rhizosphere processes, the bottleneck for sustaining biological productivity and protecting the human food chain. It will serve as a reference for professors, students, consultants, and in Environmental Science, Soil Sciences, Ecology, and Ecotoxicology.