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5/18/2018 1 Copyright © Community Dynamics, South Africa The Plants By Ian Mitchell-Innes Water Cycle Mineral Cycle Tools Testing Guidelines Planning Procedures Monitor Holistic Goal Whole Under Management Energy Flow Community Dynamics

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Copyright © Community Dynamics, South Africa

The Plants

By

Ian Mitchell-Innes

Water Cycle

Mineral Cycle

• Tools• Testing Guidelines• Planning Procedures• Monitor

Holistic Goal

Whole Under Management

Energy Flow

Community Dynamics

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Soil Food Web Structure

through SuccessionIncreasing

Productivity

F:B = .01F:B = 0.1

F:B = 0.3 to 0.5

F:B = 0.75

F:B = 1.1F:B = 2.1 to 5.1

F:B = 5.1 to 100.1

F:B = 100.1 to 1000.1

Bare Parent Material100% Bacterial

CyanobacteriaTrue BacteriaProtozoaFungiNematodes

“Weeds”- High Nitrates- Lack of Oxygen

Early Grasses

Mid-GrassesVegetables

Late SuccessionalGrasses & Row Crops

Shrubs, Vines, Bushes, Cotton

Deciduous Trees

Coniferous TreesOld-Growth Forests

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