Soil carbon dynamics : an integrated methodology /
Kutsch, Werner,1960-
Bahn, Michael.
Heinemeyer, Andreas.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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 modelling soil carbon dynamics.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 modelling soil carbon dynamics.
Machine generated contents note: 1. Soil carbon relations - an overview Werner L. Kutsch, Michael Bahn and Andreas Heinemeyer; 2. Field measurements of soil respiration: principles and constraints, potentials and limitations of different methods J. Pumpanen, B. Longdoz and Werner L. Kutsch; 3. Experimental design: scaling up in time and space, and its statistical considerations J.-A. Subke, A. Heinemeyer and M. Reichstein; 4. Determination of soil carbon stocks and changes Mirco Rodeghiero, Andreas Heinemeyer, Marion Schrumpf and Pat Bellamy; 5. Litter decomposition: concepts, methods and future perspectives M. Francesca Cotrufo, Ilaria Del Galdo and Daniela Piermatteo; 6. Characterization of soil organic matter Karolien Denef, Alain F. Plante and Johan Six; 7. Respiration from roots and the mycorrhizosphere Fernando E. Moyano, Owen K. Atkin, Michael Bahn, Dan Bruhn, Andrew J. Burton, Andreas Heinemeyer, Werner L. Kutsch and Gerhard Wieser; 8. Separating autotrophic and heterotrophic components of soil respiration: lessons learned from trenching and related root exclusion experiments Daniel Epron; 9. Measuring soil microbial parameters relevant for soil carbon fluxes Werner L. Kutsch, Joshua Schimel and Karolien Denef; 10. Trophic interactions and their implications for soil C fluxes Edward Ayres, Diana H. Wall and Richard D. Bardgett; 11. Semi-empirical modelling of the response of soil respiration to environmental factors in laboratory and field conditions; 12. Modelling soil carbon dynamics Pete Falloon and Pete Smith; 13. The role of soils in the Kyoto Protocol Pete Smith, Pete Falloon and Werner L. Kutsch; 14. Synthesis: emerging issues and challenges for an integrated understanding of soil carbon fluxes M. Bahn, W. L. Kutsch and A. Heinemeyer; 15. Towards a standardised protocol for the measurement of soil CO2 efflux M. Bahn, W. Kutsch, A. Heinemeyer and I. A. Janssens.
Soils
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry)