Global Climate Change and Cold Regions Ecosystems [Hardcover]

_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Global Climate Change and Cold Regions Ecosystems provides information on soil processes and the carbon cycle in cold ecoregions as well as the soil carbon pool and its fluxes in the soils of cold ecoregions. Filling a void in this area of soil science, this resource explains soil processes influencing C dynamics under natural and disturbed ecosystems.
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ The soils of the cold region ecosystems serve as a net sink of atmospheric C. However, an increase in global temperature could render them a net source. In the event of global warming, the cold regions ecosystems-arctic, sub-arctic, alpine, Antarctic, boreal forests, and peatlands-will undergo radical changes. Potential environmental change could drastically increase the active soil layer and influence the large C pool found in them.
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Topics include: soil C pools in different cold ecoregions, the impact of natural and anthropogenic disturbances on the soil C pool, the method of assessment of C and other properties of soils of the cold regions ecosytems while focusing on the fate of C in permafrost soils. Global Climate Change and Cold Regions Ecosystems covers the current and possible future effects of the cold ecoregions soil C pool on the global carbon pool.

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_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Soil C Pools of Different Ecoregions
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Soil C Pool and Dynamics in Cold Ecoregions
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Bioavailability of Soil Organic Matter in Tundra Soils
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Carbon Pool in Tundra Soils of Russia: Improving Data Reliability
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Carbon Pools in Antarctica and Their Significance for Global Climate Change
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Carbon and Nitrogen Storage in Upland Boreal Forests
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Carbon Pool in Soils of Arctic, Subarctic and Boreal Regions of Canada
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbance
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Simulated Carbon Dynamics in the Boreal Forest of Central Canada Under Uniform and Random Disturbance Regimes
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Soil and Crop Management Impact on SOC and Physical Properties of Soils in Northern Sweden
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Impact of Potential Global Warming on Soil Erosion and Water Quality of Some Cryosols
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ The Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics in High Latitudes of Eurasia Using 14C Data and the Impact of Potential Climate Change
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Influence of Overgrazing by Reindeer on Soil Organic Matter and Soil Microclimate of Well-Drained Soils in the Finnish Subarctic
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_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ An Approximation of the Organic Carbon Content of Soils of Alaska's Arctic Tundra
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Carbon Storage and Accumulation Rates in Alpine Soils: Evidence From Holocene Chronosequences
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Soil Moisture and Depth of Thaw at Proximal Acidic and Non-Acidic Tundra Sites, North-Central Alaska, USA
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Areal Evaluation of Organic Carbon Pools in Cryic or Colder Soils of China
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Temperature and Thermal Properties of Alaska Soils
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Recommendations and Conclusions
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ The Fate of C in Soils of the Cold Ecoregions.

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_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Dr. R. Lal is a professor of soil science in the School of Natural Resources at Ohio State University.
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Prior to joining Ohio State in 1987, he served as a soil scientist for 18 years at the International
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, igeria. Professor Lal is a fellow of the Soil Science
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Third World Academy of Sciences, American
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Association for the Advancement of Science, Soil and Water Conservation Society, and the Indian
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He is a recipient of the International Soil Science Award, the
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Soil Science Applied Research Award of the Soil Science Society of America, the International
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Agronomy Award of the American Society of Agronomy, and the Hugh Hammond Bennett Award
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ of the Soil and Water Conservation Society. He is past president of the World Association of the
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Soil and Water Conservation Society and the International Soil Tillage Research Organization. He
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ is a member of the U.S. National Committee on Soil Science established by the National Academy
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ of Sciences.

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_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Dr. John Kimble is a Research Soil Scientist at the USDA at ural Resources Conservation Service
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ National Soil Survey Laboratory in Lincoln, ebraska. Dr. Kimble manages the Global Change
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Project of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and has worked more than 15 years with
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ the U.S. Agency for International Development on projects dealing with soils-related problems in
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ more than 40 developing countries. He is a member of the American Society of Agronomy, the
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Soil Science Society of America, the International Soil Science Society, and the International Humic
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Substances Society.

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_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Dr. B.A. Stewart is Distinguished Professor of Agriculture, and Director of the Dryland Agriculture
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Institute at West Texas A&M University. Prior to joining West Texas A&M University in 1993, he
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ was director of the USDA Conservation and Production Research Laboratory, Bushland, Texas. Dr.
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Stewart is a past president of the Soil Science Society of America, and was a member of the 1990-93
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Committee on Long Range Soil and Water Policy, National Research Council, National Academy
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ of Sciences. He is a Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy,
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Soil and Water Conservation Society, a recipient of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Superior
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Service Award, and a recipient of the Hugh Hammond Bennett Award of the Soil and Water
_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x005F_x000D_ Conservation Society.

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