Soil Management and Greenhouse Effect

by Kimble; John M.

• ISBN13: 9781566701174
• ISBN10: 1566701171
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-03-23
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

Soil Management & Greenhouse Effect focuses on proper management of soils & its effects on global change, specifically, the greenhouse effect. It contains up-to-date information on a broad range of important soil management topics, emphasizing the critical role of soil for carbon storage. Sequestration & emission of carbon & other gases are examined in various ecosystems, in both natural & managed environments, to provide a comprehensive overview. This useful reference includes chapters that address policy issues, as well as research & development priorities. The material in this volume is valuable not only to soil scientists but to the entire environmental science community.

Table of Contents

World Soils as a Source or Sink for Radiatively-Active Gases	p. 1
Land Use and Soil Carbon in Different Agroecological Zones	p. 9
Carbon Pools, Fluxes, and Sequestration Potential in Soils of the Former Soviet Union	p. 25
Land Use and Soil Management Effects of Emissions of Radiatively Active Gases from Two Soils in Ohio	p. 41
Carbon Sequestration in Corn-Soybean Agroecosystems	p. 61
Management Impacts on Carbon Storage and Gas Fluxes (CO[subscript 2], CH[subscript 4]) in Mid-Latitude Cropland Ecosystems	p. 69
Estimated Soil Organic Carbon Losses from Long-Term Crop-Fallow in Northern Great Plains of the USA	p. 85
Fertilizer N, Crop Residue, and Tillage Alter Soil C and N Content in a Decade	p. 93
Modeling Impact of Agricultural Practices on Soil C and N[subscript 2]O Emissions	p. 101
Analysis of the Short-term Effects of Management on Soil Organic Matter Using the CENTURY Model	p. 113
Modeling the Impacts of Agricultural Management Practices on Soil Carbon in the Central U.S.	p. 121
Effects of Forest Management and Elevated Carbon Dioxide on Soil Carbon Storage	p. 137
Carbon Pools and Trace Gas Fluxes in Urban Forests	p. 147
Dynamics of Forest Floor and Soil Organic Matter Accumulation in Boreal, Temperate, and Tropical Forests	p. 159
CH[subscript 4] and H[subscript 2]O Flux in Subarctic Agricultural Soils	p. 179
Dynamics of Soil C and N in a Typic Cryoboroll and a Typic Cryoboralf Located in the Cryoboreal Regions of Alberta	p. 187
Effect of Soil Depth and Temperature on CH[subscript 4] Consumption in Subarctic Agricultural Soils	p. 197
Wetlands and Global Change	p. 205
Emissions, Production, and Oxidation of Methane in a Japanese Rice Paddy Field	p. 231
Methane Emission with and without Algael	p. 245
Soil Management in Semiarid Regions	p. 251
Simulation of Soil Organic Matter Dynamics in Dryland Wheat-Fallow Cropping Systems	p. 259
Management of Isoelectric Soils of the Humid Tropics	p. 271
The Significance of Greenhouse Gas from Soils of Tropical	p. 279
Agricultural Activities and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Soils of the Tropics	p. 293
Economic and Resource Impacts of Policies to Increase Organic Carbon Agricultural Soils	p. 309
Carbon Sequestration through Tree Planting on Agricultural Lands	p. 329
The Role of Forest Management in Affecting Soil Carbon: Policy Considerations	p. 339
The Role of Soil Management in Sequestering Soil Carbon	p. 351
Management of Forest Soils	p. 365
Towards Soil Management for Mitigating the Greenhouse Effect	p. 373
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