The Potential of U.S. Grazing Lands to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect
Contributors: Ronald F. Follett (Editor); John M. Kimble (Editor);  (Editor)
Publisher: CRC
Published: September 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 472
ISBN-13: 9781566705547
Subjects: Management of land & natural resources; Soil science, sedimentology; Soils; Environmental Science; Agriculture - General; United States; Technology; Environmental Studies; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Ecology - Recycling; Agriculture - Agronomy; Technology / Agriculture & Animal Husbandry; Carbon content; Carbon sequestration; Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric
First sentence: For the purposes of this book, the definition of grazing land is the Society for Range Management's, "a collective term that includes all lands having plants harvested by grazing without reference to land tenure or other land uses, management, or treatment practices."