"The book is a must-read for anyone interested in ecology. Because the rangeland ecology community is well aware of the importance of soils ... this book would be good place to start, and in turn the rangeland ecologist has much to add in broadening the context of AG-BG studies." (Heidi-Jayne Hawkins, African Journal of Range & Forage Science, June 5, 2020) "Aboveground-Belowground Community Ecology is a useful and important book. ... it would be a highly valuable text for graduate and advanced undergraduate students across fields of ecology, biodiversity, soil science, microbial ecology, evolution, agronomy and entomology. It is informative and incites new approaches and ways of thinking about community ecology; therefore, I am certain this is a text I will perpetually be reaching for." (Adam Frew, Austral Ecology, July 09, 2019)
Chapter 1
Linking Aboveground-Belowground Ecology: A Short Historical Perspective
Richard D. Bardgett
Chapter 2
Belowground Experimental Approaches for Exploring Aboveground-Belowground Patterns
Scott N. Johnson, Felicity V. Crotty, James M.R. Ryalls and Philip J. Murray
Chapter 3
Modelling Aboveground-Belowground Interactions
Katrin M. Meyer
Chapter 4
Intraspecific Plant-Soil Feedbacks Link Ecosystem Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Jennifer A. Schweitzer, Michael Van Nuland, and Joseph K. Bailey
Chapter 6
Interactions Involving Rhizobacteria and Foliar-Feeding Insects
Kiran R. Gadhave and Alan C. Gange
Chapter 7
Belowground-Aboveground Interactions Between Pathogens and Herbivores
Bastien Castagneyrol, Pilar Fernandez-Conradi, Pil U. Rasmussen, Cécile Robin, and Ayco J. M. Tack
Chapter 8
Soil Macro-Invertebrates- Their Impact on Plants and Associated Aboveground Communities in Temperate Regions
Susanne Wurst, Ilja Sonnemann, and Johann G. Zaller
Chapter 9
The Feedback Loop Between Aboveground Herbivores and Soil Microbes via Deposition Processes
Cari A. Ritzenthaler, Caitlin E. Maloney, Audrey M. Maran, Eric A. Moore, Amanda Winters, and Shannon L. Pelini
Chapter 10
Eco-Evolutionary Factors Driving Plant-Mediated Above-Belowground Invertebrate Interactions Along Elevation Gradients
Alan Kergunteuil, Moe Bakhtiari, and Sergio Rasmann
Chapter 11
Cross-Compartment Herbivory Effects on Antagonists and Mutualists and Their Consequences for Plant Fitness
Nicholas A. Barber
Chapter 12
Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics of Above- and Belowground Herbivores and Invasive Plants
Wei Huang, Evan Siemann, and Jianqing Ding
Chapter 13
Soil Biota As Drivers of Plant Community Assembly
Paul Kardol, Jonathan R. De Long, and Pierre Mariotte
Chapter 14
Application and Theory of Plant-Soil Feedbacks on Aboveground Herbivores
Ian Kaplan, Ana Pineda, and Martijn Bezemer
Chapter 15Current Knowledge and Future Challenges of Aboveground and Belowground Community Ecology
Takayuki Ohgushi, Susanne Wurst, and Scott N. Johnson
Takayuki Ohgushi Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Shiga, Japan, ohgushi@ecology.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Susanne Wurst Functional Biodiversity, Institute of Biology, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany, e-mail: s.wurst@fu-berlin.de
Scott N. Johnson Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith NSW, Australia, e-mail: Scott.Johnson@westernsydney.edu.au
Researchers now recognize that above- and belowground communities are indirectly linked to one another, often by plant-mediated mechanisms. To date, however, there has been no single multi-authored edited volume on the subject. This book remedies that gap, and offers state-of-the art insights into basic and applied research on aboveground-belowground interactions and their functional consequences. Drawing on a diverse pool of global expertise, the authors present diverse approaches that span a range of scales and levels of complexity. The respective chapters provide in-depth information on the current state of research, and outline future prospects in the field of aboveground-belowground community ecology. In particular, the book’s goal is to expand readers’ knowledge of the evolutionary, community and ecosystem consequences of aboveground-belowground interactions, making it essential reading for all biologists, graduate students and advanced undergraduates working in this rapidly expanding field. It touches on multiple research fields including ecology, botany, zoology, entomology, microbiology and the related applied areas of biodiversity management and conservation.