PLANT SOCIOLOGY: THE STUDY OF PLANT COMMUNITIES

By EMMA MOORE

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: SOILS AND THEIR PROMOTION OF PLANT GROWTH SOILS SUPPORTING BIODIVERSITY BENE? CIAL INTERACTIONS IN THE RHIZOSPHERE THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF TROPHIC INTERACTIONS IN SOIL SOILS SUPPRESSING BIODIVERSITY ROOT PATHOGENS NON-TROPHIC INTERACTIONS: ALLELOPATHY VIRUSES IN SOIL SOILS SUPPRESSING AND PROMOTING NON-NATIVE PLANT INVASIONS 10 URBAN SOIL AND THE CHALLENGES OF RESTORING NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS 11 TOWARD A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO SOILS AND PLANT GROWTH