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Earthworm Ecology, Second Edition updates the most comprehensive work available on earthworm ecology with extensive revisions of the original chapters. New chapters analyze the history of earthworm research, the importance of earthworms as representatives of soil fauna and how they affect plant growth, the effects of the invasion of exotic earthworms into North America and other regions, and vermiculture and vermicomposting in Europe.This well-illustrated, expansive study examines the important and often overlooked impact earthworms have on the environment. It discusses the impact of climate, soil properties, predation, disease and parasitism, and competition upon earthworm ecology.

"This book, and the authors that have contributed individual chapters, go a long way toward providing some of the basic science neededvaluable to farmers and researchersin ecotoxicological evaluations." IPM Practitioner "Each paper is original, well written, often illustrated with tables/graphs/figures, and contains a comprehensive and valuable list of references for the serious researcher. Highly recommended" P.E. Lutz, in CHOICE "A welcome additionprovide[s] new perspectives and insightsoffer[s] up-to-date information and hypotheses on a wide variety of topics very informative, offering well-written syntheses of contemporary issues" -Soil Science, Vol. 170, No. 3, March 2005