Soil Management and Climate Change: Effects on Organic Carbon, Nitrogen Dynamics, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions provides a state of the art overview of recent findings and future research challenges regarding physical, chemical and biological processes controlling soil carbon, nitrogen dynamic and greenhouse gas emissions from soils. This book is for students and academics in soil science and environmental science, land managers, public administrators and legislators, and will increase understanding of organic matter preservation in soil and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions.
Given the central role soil plays on the global carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles and its impact on greenhouse gas emissions, there is an urgent need to increase our common understanding about sources, mechanisms and processes that regulate organic matter mineralization and stabilization, and to identify those management practices and processes which mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, helping increase organic matter stabilization with suitable supplies of available N.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Contributors - p. ix 6. Foreword - p. xiii 7. Chapter 1: Decreased Organic Carbon Associated With Land Management in Mediterranean Environments - p. xiv 8. Chapter 2: Effect of Land Use on Organic Carbon Distribution in a North African Region: Tunisia Case Study - p. 13 9. Chapter 3: Organic Carbon Stocks in all Pools Following Land Cover Change in the Rainforest of Madagascar - p. 24 10. Chapter 4: Soil Carbon Dynamics Under Different Land Uses in Dryland Mediterranean Conditions - p. 37 11. Chapter 5: Short-Term Effects of Tillage Practices and Crop Residue Exportation on Soil Organic Matter and Earthworm Communities in Silt Loam Arable Soil - p. 52 12. Chapter 6: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics in a Tropical Peatland - p. 71 13. Chapter 7: Carbon and Nitrogen Sequestration Potential of Mediterranean Green Roofs Prototypes - p. 83 14. Chapter 8: Soil Organic Matter Accumulation in Postmining Sites: Potential Drivers and Mechanisms - p. 102 15. Chapter 9: Role of Carbonates in the Physical Stabilization of Soil Organic Matter in Agricultural Mediterranean Soils - p. 120 16. Chapter 10: Effects of Carbon Inputs on Chemical and Microbial Properties of Soil in Irrigated and Rainfed Olive Groves - p. 136 17. Chapter 11: Dynamics of Carbon and Nitrogen in Agricultural Soils: Role of Organic and Inorganic Sources - p. 150 18. Chapter 12: Nitrogen Dynamic and Leaching in Calcareous Soils Amended With Pig Slurry - p. 169 19. Chapter 13: Nitrogen Dynamic in Agricultural Soils Amended With Sewage Sludge - p. 187 20. Chapter 14: Impacts of Raw and Purified Pig Slurry on Carbon and Nitrogen Contents in Mediterranean Agricultural Soil - p. 205 21. Chapter 15: Do Crop Rotations Improve the Adaptation of Agricultural Systems to Climate Change? A Modeling Approach to Predict the Effect of Durum Wheat-Based Rotations on Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen - p. 219 22. Chapter 16: Managing Forest Soils for Carbon Sequestration: Insights From Modeling Forests Around the Globe - p. 236 23. Chapter 17: Soil Organic Matter and Nutrient Dynamics Following Different Management of Crop Residues at Two Sites in Austria - p. 249 24. Chapter 18: MURASOC, A Metaanalysis to Test the Effects of Independent Variables on Soil Organic Carbon: Application to Mediterranean Areas - p. 265 25. Chapter 19: Soil CO2 Emissions in a Long-Term Tillage Treatment Experiment - p. 292 26. Chapter 20: Land Use and Land Cover Transition in Brazil and Their Effects on Greenhouse Gas Emissions - p. 307 27. Chapter 21: Crop Residue Management and Greenhouse Gases Emissions in Tropical Rice Lands - p. 321 28. Chapter 22: Understanding the Complex Interaction Between Soil N Availability and Soil C Dynamics Under Changing Climate Conditions - p. 335 29. Chapter 23: Climate-Smart Soil Management in Semiarid Regions - p. 348 30. Soil Management and Climate Change: Effects on Organic Carbon, Nitrogen Dynamics, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Concluding Remarks - p. 369 31. Index - p. 373
Soil Management and Climate Change: Effects on Organic Carbon, Nitrogen Dynamics, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions provides a state of the art overview of recent findings and future research challenges regarding physical, chemical and biological processes controlling soil carbon, nitrogen dynamic and greenhouse gas emissions from soils. This book is for students and academics in soil science and environmental science, land managers, public administrators and legislators, and will increase understanding of organic matter preservation in soil and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions.
Given the central role soil plays on the global carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles and its impact on greenhouse gas emissions, there is an urgent need to increase our common understanding about sources, mechanisms and processes that regulate organic matter mineralization and stabilization, and to identify those management practices and processes which mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, helping increase organic matter stabilization with suitable supplies of available N.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Contributors - p. ix 6. Foreword - p. xiii 7. Chapter 1: Decreased Organic Carbon Associated With Land Management in Mediterranean Environments - p. xiv 8. Chapter 2: Effect of Land Use on Organic Carbon Distribution in a North African Region: Tunisia Case Study - p. 13 9. Chapter 3: Organic Carbon Stocks in all Pools Following Land Cover Change in the Rainforest of Madagascar - p. 24 10. Chapter 4: Soil Carbon Dynamics Under Different Land Uses in Dryland Mediterranean Conditions - p. 37 11. Chapter 5: Short-Term Effects of Tillage Practices and Crop Residue Exportation on Soil Organic Matter and Earthworm Communities in Silt Loam Arable Soil - p. 52 12. Chapter 6: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics in a Tropical Peatland - p. 71 13. Chapter 7: Carbon and Nitrogen Sequestration Potential of Mediterranean Green Roofs Prototypes - p. 83 14. Chapter 8: Soil Organic Matter Accumulation in Postmining Sites: Potential Drivers and Mechanisms - p. 102 15. Chapter 9: Role of Carbonates in the Physical Stabilization of Soil Organic Matter in Agricultural Mediterranean Soils - p. 120 16. Chapter 10: Effects of Carbon Inputs on Chemical and Microbial Properties of Soil in Irrigated and Rainfed Olive Groves - p. 136 17. Chapter 11: Dynamics of Carbon and Nitrogen in Agricultural Soils: Role of Organic and Inorganic Sources - p. 150 18. Chapter 12: Nitrogen Dynamic and Leaching in Calcareous Soils Amended With Pig Slurry - p. 169 19. Chapter 13: Nitrogen Dynamic in Agricultural Soils Amended With Sewage Sludge - p. 187 20. Chapter 14: Impacts of Raw and Purified Pig Slurry on Carbon and Nitrogen Contents in Mediterranean Agricultural Soil - p. 205 21. Chapter 15: Do Crop Rotations Improve the Adaptation of Agricultural Systems to Climate Change? A Modeling Approach to Predict the Effect of Durum Wheat-Based Rotations on Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen - p. 219 22. Chapter 16: Managing Forest Soils for Carbon Sequestration: Insights From Modeling Forests Around the Globe - p. 236 23. Chapter 17: Soil Organic Matter and Nutrient Dynamics Following Different Management of Crop Residues at Two Sites in Austria - p. 249 24. Chapter 18: MURASOC, A Metaanalysis to Test the Effects of Independent Variables on Soil Organic Carbon: Application to Mediterranean Areas - p. 265 25. Chapter 19: Soil CO2 Emissions in a Long-Term Tillage Treatment Experiment - p. 292 26. Chapter 20: Land Use and Land Cover Transition in Brazil and Their Effects on Greenhouse Gas Emissions - p. 307 27. Chapter 21: Crop Residue Management and Greenhouse Gases Emissions in Tropical Rice Lands - p. 321 28. Chapter 22: Understanding the Complex Interaction Between Soil N Availability and Soil C Dynamics Under Changing Climate Conditions - p. 335 29. Chapter 23: Climate-Smart Soil Management in Semiarid Regions - p. 348 30. Soil Management and Climate Change: Effects on Organic Carbon, Nitrogen Dynamics, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Concluding Remarks - p. 369 31. Index - p. 373
