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Introduction / Daniel L. Dindal -- Soil bacteria / T.R.G. Gray -- Actinomycetes / J.C. Hunter-Cevera, Douglas E. Eveleigh -- Soil fungi / W. Bryce Kendrick, Dennis Parkinson -- Soil algae / Patricia A. Archibald -- Soil protozoa / J. Daniel Lousier, Stuart S. Bamforth -- Turbellaria : Tricladida : Terricola / Ian R. Ball, Ronald Sluys -- Nematoda / Diana W. Freckman, James G. Baldwin -- Terrestrial Gastropoda / J.B. Burch, Timothy A. Pearce -- Oligochaeta : Enchytraeidae / Madhab C. Dash -- Oligochaeta : Lumbricidae / Donald P. Schwert -- Ogligochaeta : Megascolecidae and other earthworms from western North America / William M. Fender, Dorothy McKey-Fender -- Oligochaeta : Megascolecidae and other earth worms from southern and midwestern North America / Samuel W. James -- Terrestrial Hirudinea / Roy T. Sawyer -- Tardigrada / Diane R. Nelson, Robert P. Higgins -- Scorpiones, Solifugae, and associated desert taxa / Clifford S. Crawford -- Litter Araneae (Araneida) / C.D. Dondale -- Pseudoscorpionida / William B. Muchmore -- Opiliones (Phalangida) / Arlan L. Edgar. Acarina : Mesostigmata (Gamasida) / G.W. Krantz, B.D. Ainscough -- Acarina : Prostigmata (Actinedida) / John Kethley -- Acarina : Astigmata (Acaridida) / James R. Philips -- Acarina : Oribatida / Roy A. Norton -- Terrestrial Isopoda / William B. Muchmore -- Chilopoda / Peter Mundel -- Diplopoda / Richard L. Hoffman -- Pauropoda / Ulf Scheller -- Symphyla / Clive A. Edwards. Insecta : Protura / T.P. Copeland, Gentaro Imadate -- Insecta : Microcoryphia and Thysanura / Lynn M. Ferguson -- Insecta : Diplura / Lynn M. Ferguson -- Insecta : Collembola / Kenneth A. Christiansen -- Insecta : Isoptera / W.L. Nutting -- Insecta : Psocoptera / Alfonso Neri García Aldrete -- Insecta : Coleoptera Carabidae (adults and larvae) / Ross T. Bell -- Insecta : Coleoptera Ptiliidae / Henry S. Dybas, Linda Dybas -- Insecta : Coleoptera Silphidae / Stewart B. Peck -- Insecta : Coleoptera Staphylinidae (adults and larvae) / Alfred F. Newton, Jr. -- Insecta : Coleoptera Pselaphidae / Donald S. Chandler -- Insecta : Coleoptera Scarabaeidae (larvae) / Haruo Tashiro -- Insecta : Diptera (adults) / J.F. McAlpine -- Insecta : Diptera (larvae) / H.J. Teskey -- Insecta : Hymenoptera Formicidae / George C. Wheeler, Jeannette Wheeler. Each taxonomic group of soil organisms is described. Topics are for example: morphology, feeding habit, reproduction, ecology, sampling methods, identification |