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A comprehensive resource on cover crops and their role in soil ecosystems Cover crops are crops planted in order to protect, maintain, and enrich the soil rather than for harvest and subsequent use. They can have an enormous effect on agricultural outcomes, preventing soil erosion, restoring vital soil nutrients, and more. The successful maintenance and use of cover crops is therefore critical to agriculture in its modern form, allowing land to be used more consistently and sustainably with superior yields. Cover Crops and Soil Ecosystem Services provides a heavily researched and highly readable introduction to cover crops and their role in soil ecosystems. It ranges from detailed discussion of cover crop biomass production to thorough treatment of soil ecosystems and their vulnerabilities. The result is an essential guide to a critical area of agricultural science. Cover Crops and Soil Ecosystem Services readers will also find: Detailed treatment of cover crop biomass production, soil properties, different forms of soil erosion, and more Discussion of emerging issues including climate change and the economics of cover crop farming Wide-ranging summaries of interdisciplinary soil and cover crop researchCover Crops and Soil Ecosystem Services is a useful reference for students and researchers at all levels of study interested in cover crop agriculture.