Global Climate Change and Tropical Ecosystems (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Kimble, John M.; Stewart, B. A.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Tropical ecosystems - the regions between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn - play an important role in global processes, economic issues, and political concerns. In their natural state, tropical ecosystems support a large quantity of above- and below-ground biomass, and constitute a major part of the terrestrial carbon pool. Conversion of the natural ecosystem to agriculture and forestry ecosystems disturbs this ecological balance.
Global Climate Change and Tropical Ecosystems presents data on carbon pool fluxes from case studies in 12 countries in tropical regions. The chapters cover:

Characteristics of tropical ecosystems

Soil and biotic carbon pools

Impacts of land use and soil management

Slash-and-burn practices

Crop residue and fertility management
This volume adds to the understanding of pedospheric processes in tropical ecosystems and how to better use soils as a sink for carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. With Global Climate Change and Tropical Ecosystems you will understand the link between soil productivity, environmental quality and the global carbon cycle, not only in these ecologically sensitive regions but worldwide.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351444798
• Artikelnr.: 56953794

Autorenporträt

R. Lal, J. M. Kimble, B. A. Stewart

Inhaltsangabe

Short TOC Carbon Pool in Tropical Ecosystems Tropical Ecosystems and the
Global Carbon C Cycle Carbon Stocks in the Brazilian Amazon Carbon Pools in
Forest Ecosystems of Australia and Oceania Organic Carbon Stock in Soils of
India Land Use and Carbon Pool in Soils of Africa Slash and Burn Effects on
Carbon Stocks in the Humid Tropics Crop Residue and Fertilizer Management
to Improve Soil Organic Carbon Content, Soil Quality and Productivity in
the Desert Margins of West Africa Restorative Effects of Mucuna Utilis on
Soil Organic C Pool of a Severely Eroded Alfisol in Western Nigeria Land
Use and Cropping Systems Effects on Restoring Soil Carbon Pool of Degraded
Alfisols in Western Nigeria Land Use and Carbon Pools in Soils of Tropical
America Impact of Conversion of Brazilian Cerrados to Cropland and
Pastureland on Soil Carbon Pool Dynamics Soil Carbon Accumulation or Loss
Following Deforestation for Pasture in the Brazilian Amazon The Potential
and Dynamics of Carbon Sequestration in Traditional and Modified Fallow
Systems of the Eastern Amazon Region, Brazil Greenhouse Gas Emissions From
Land-Use Change in Brazil's Amazon Region Land Use Impact on Carbon
Dynamics in Soils of the Arid and Semi-Arid Tropics Land Use and Carbon
Pool in Soils of Asia and the Pacific, Impact of Land Use and Management
Practices on Organic Carbon Dynamics in Soils of India Soil Organic Matter
Dynamics and Carbon Sequestration in Australian Tropical Soils Basic Soil
Processes and Carbon Dynamics Soil Aggregation and C Sequestration
Monitoring and Prediction Methods of Analysis for Soil Carbon: An Overview
Modeling Soil Carbon Dynamics in Tropical Ecosystems Evaluating Tropical
Soil Properties with Pedon Data, Satellite Imagery, and Neural Networks
Geographic Assessment of Carbon Stored in Amazonian Terrestrial Ecosystems
and Their Soils in Particular Carbon Dioxide Measurements in the Nocturnal
Boundary Lay