Global climate change and tropical ecosystems / edited by R. Lal, J.M. Kimble, B.A. Stewart.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lal, R.

Kimble, J. M. (John M.)

Stewart, B. A. (Bobby Alton), 1932-

Series:

Advances in soil science (Boca Raton, Fla.)

Advances in soil science

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soil ecology--Tropics.

Soil ecology.

Climatic changes--Tropics.

Climatic changes.

Carbon sequestration--Tropics.

Carbon sequestration.

Tropics.

Physical Description:

438 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, [2000]

Summary:

From the December 1997 workshop Carbon Pools and Dynamics in Tropical Ecosystems, held in Belem, Brazil, 22 papers assess carbon pools in soils and biomass of the region, evaluate the magnitude of change between natural and managed ecosystems, determine the impact of anthrogenic activities and land use, evaluate carbon dynamics in relation to soil quality and agricultural production, and identify methodological and modeling potentials and constraints for further research. The contributors are from ten tropical and temperate countries.

Contents:

Section I. Carbon Pool In Tropical Ecosystems

Chapter 1. Tropical Ecosystems and the Global C Cycle / R. Lal, J.M. Kimble 3

Chapter 2. Carbon Stocks in Soils of the Brazilian Amazon / C.C. Cerri, M. Bernoux, D. Arrouays, B.J. Feigl, M.C. Piccolo 33

Chapter 3. Carbon Pools in Forest Ecosystems of Australasia and Oceania / P.K. Khanna, P. Snowdon, J. Bauhus 51

Chapter 4. Organic Carbon Stock in Soils of India / M. Velayutham, D.K. Pal, T. Bhattacharyya 71

Section II. Land Use And Carbon Pool In Soils Of Africa

Chapter 5. Slash-and-Burn Effects on Carbon Stocks in the Humid Tropics / P.L. Woomer, C.A. Palm, J. Alegre, C. Castilla, D.G. Cordeiro, K. Hairiah, J. Kotto-Same, A. Moukam, A. Riese, V. Rodrigues, M. van Noordwijk 99

Chapter 6. Crop Residue and Fertilizer Management to Improve Soil Organic Carbon Content, Soil Quality and Productivity in the Desert Margins of West Africa / A. Bationo, S.P. Wani, C.L. Bielders, P.L.G. Vlek, A.U. Mokwunye 117

Chapter 7. Restorative Effects of Mucuna Utilis on Soil Organic C Pool of a Severely Degraded Alfisol in Western Nigeria / R. Lal 147

Chapter 8. Land Use and Cropping System Effects on Restoring Soil Carbon Pool of Degraded Alfisols in Western Nigeria / R. Lal 157

Section III. Land Use And Carbon Pool In Soils Of Tropical America

Chapter 9. Impact of Conversion of Brazilian Cerrados to Cropland and Pastureland on Soil Carbon Pool and Dynamics / D.V.S. Resck, C.A. Vasconcellos, L. Vilela, M.C.M. Macedo 169

Chapter 10. Soil Carbon Accumulation or Loss Following Deforestation for Pasture in the Brazilian Amazon / C. Neil, E.A. Davidson 197

Chapter 11. The Potential and Dynamics of Carbon Sequestration in Traditional and Modified Fallow Systems of the Eastern Amazon Region, Brazil / M. Denich, M. Kanashiro, P.L.G. Vlek 213

Chapter 12. Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Land-Use Change in Brazil's Amazon Region / P.M. Fearnside 231

Chapter 13. Land Use Impact on Carbon Dynamics in Soils of the Arid and Semiarid Tropics / B.A. Stewart, C.A. Robinson 251

Section IV. Land Use and Carbon Pool in Soils of Asia and the Pacific

Chapter 14. Impact of Land Use and Management Practices on Organic Carbon Dynamics in Soils of India / A. Swarup, M.C. Manna, G.B. Singh 261

Chapter 15. Soil Organic Matter Dynamics and Carbon Sequestration in Australian Tropical Soils / R.C. Dalal, J.O. Carter 283

Section V. Basic Soil Processes and Carbon Dynamics

Chapter 16. Soil Aggregation and C Sequestration / R. Lal 317

Section VI. Monitoring and Prediction

Chapter 17. Methods of Analysis for Soil Carbon: An Overview / H.H. Cheng, J. Kimble 333

Chapter 18. Modeling Soil Carbon Dynamics in Tropical Ecosystems / P. Smith, P. Falloon, K. Coleman, J. Smith, M.C. Piccolo, C. Cerri, M. Bernoux, D. Jenkinson, J. Ingram, J. Szabo, L. Pasztor 341

Chapter 19. Evaluating Tropical Soil Properties with Pedon Data, Satellite Imagery, and Neural Networks / E. Levine, D. Kimes, S. Fifer, R. Nelson 365

Chapter 20. Geographic Assessment of Carbon Stored in Amazonian Terrestrial Ecosystems and Their Soils in Particular / W.G. Sombroek, P.M. Fearnside, M. Cravo 375

Chapter 21. Carbon Dioxide Measurements in the Nocturnal Boundary Layer over Amazonian Tropical Forest / G. Fisch, A.D. Culf, Y. Malhi, C.A. Nobre, A.D. Nobre 391

Chapter 22. Atmospheric CO[subscript 2] Fluxes and Soil Respiration Measurements over Sugarcane in Southeast Brazil / H.R. Da Rocha, O.M.R. Cabral, M.A.F. Da Silva Dias, M.A. Ligo, J.A. Elbers, H.C. Freitas, C. Von Randow, O. Brunini 405

Section VIII. Research and Development Priorities

Chapter 23. What Do We Know and What Needs to Be Known and Implemented for C Sequestration in Tropical Ecosystems / R. Lal, J.M. Kimble 417.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1566704855

OCLC:

42389642