Soil Carbon Dynamics

An Integrated Methodology

By: Werner L. Kutsch (Editor), Michael Bahn (Editor), Andreas Heinemeyer (Editor)

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Hardcover | 7 January 2010

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Carbon stored in soils represents the largest terrestrial carbon pool and factors affecting this will be vital in the understanding of future atmospheric CO2 concentrations. This book provides an integrated view on measuring and modeling soil carbon dynamics. Based on a broad range of in-depth contributions by leading scientists it gives an overview of current research concepts, developments and outlooks and introduces cutting-edge methodologies, ranging from questions of appropriate measurement design to the potential application of stable isotopes and molecular tools. It includes a standardised soil CO2 efflux protocol, aimed at data consistency and inter-site comparability and thus underpins a regional and global understanding of soil carbon dynamics. This book provides an important reference work for students and scientists interested in many aspects of soil ecology and biogeochemical cycles, policy makers, carbon traders and others concerned with the global carbon cycle.

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Non-Fiction Engineering & Technology Environmental Science Agriculture & Farming Agricultural Science Science Biology, Life Sciences Life Sciences in General Ecological Science Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning Earth Sciences Geology & The Lithosphere

Soil Science The Environment Environmental Management Industry & Industrial Studies Primary Industries Commercial Horticulture Forestry & Silviculture Practice & Techniques

List of Contributors	p. vi
Preface	p. ix
Editorial Acknowledgements	p. xi
Soil carbon relations: an overview	p. 1
Field measurements of soil respiration: principles and constraints, potentials and limitations of different methods	p. 16
Experimental design: scaling up in time and space, and its statistical considerations	p. 34
Determination of soil carbon stocks and changes	p. 49
Litter decomposition: concepts, methods and future perspectives	p. 76
Characterization of soil organic matter	p. 91
Respiration from roots and the mycorrhizosphere	p. 127
Separating autotrophic and heterotrophic components of soil respiration: lessons learned from trenching and related root-exclusion experiments	p. 157
Measuring soil microbial parameters relevant for soil carbon fluxes	p. 169
Trophic interactions and their implications for soil carbon fluxes	p. 187
Semi-empirical modelling of the response of soil respiration to environmental factors in laboratory and field conditions	p. 207
Modelling soil carbon dynamics	p. 221
The role of soils in the Kyoto Protocol	p. 245
Synthesis: emerging issues and challenges for an integrated understanding of soil carbon fluxes	p. 257
Appendix: Towards a standardized protocol for the measurement of soil CO₂ efflux	p. 272
Index	p. 281
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