Architecture and Biology of Soils: Life in Inner Space

Soil and other environmental scientists from academia and commerce conceptualize the interplay between the spatial constructs of the soil matrix and the life within it as an architecture of the soil, and the pore networks therein as a form of planetary inner space. In addition to attributing a system of deliberate design--architecture--to natural structures, they discuss services that soil provides, as though it were in business. The topics include modeling soil structure and processes, the zoological generation of soil structure, biota-mineral interactions, fungal growth in soils, sensory ecology in soil space, and biological interactions within soil profiles engineered for sport and amenity use. Distributed in the US by Stylus Publishing. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)