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Synopsis
Approaching the topic from an application focused perspective, the editors (both: botany, Banaras Hindu U., India) present 19 papers covering a range of topics in terrestrial ecology. Topics include the influence of compaction on soil structure and functions, soil-borne pathogens in crops, the economics of biodiversity, the influence of elevated levels of CO2 on plants, the effects of ultraviolet B radiation on plants and the application of nonlinear complex systems theory to ecological succession. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR