Phosphorus in Action Biological Processes in Soil Phosphorus Cycling /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bünemann, Else (Editor), Oberson, Astrid (Editor), Frossard, Emmanuel (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Soil Biology, 26
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Biochemistry.; Microbiology.; Plant physiology.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Life Sciences.; Biochemistry, general.; Plant Physiology.; Soil Science & Conservation.

Phosphorus (P) is a finite resource which is essential for life. It is a limiting nutrient in many ecosystems but also a pollutant which can affect biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems and change the ecology of water bodies. This book collects the existing, up-to-date information on biological pro...

Table of Contents:

• Soil organic phosphorus speciation by spectroscopic techniques
• Characterization of phosphorus forms in soil microorganisms
• The use of tracers to investigate phosphate cycling in soil/plant systems
• Molecular approaches to study biological phosphorus cycling
• Modelling phosphorus dynamics in the soil-plant system
• Role of mycorrhizal symbioses in phosphorus cycling
• Solubilization of phosphorus by soil microorganisms
• Role of soil macrofauna in phosphorus cycling
• Role of phosphatase enzymes in soil
• Rhizosphere processes, plant response and adaptations
• Biological phosphorus cycling in grasslands - Interactions with N
• Biological phosphorus cycling in arctic and alpine soils
• Phosphorus nutrition of forest plantations: the role of inorganic and organic phosphorus. – Phosphorus cycling in tropical forests growing on highly weathered soils
• Biological P cycling in dryland regions
• Manure management effects on phosphorus biotransformations and losses in animal production
• Management impacts on biological phosphorus cycling in cropped soils
• Phosphorus and global change.