LEADER 06060nam 2200853Ia 450 001 9910141216403321 005 20230725032429.0 010 $a1-299-31444-9 010 $a1-119-97025-3 010 $a1-119-97767-3 010 $a1-119-97024-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000132930 035 $a(EBL)818582 035 $a(OCoLC)773564748 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000593394 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11368347 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000593394 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10741058 035 $a(PQKB)11369317 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC818582 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL818582 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10570735 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL462694 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000132930 100 $a20110614d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSoil carbon in sensitive European ecosystems$b[electronic resource] $efrom science to land management /$f[edited by] Robert Jandl, Mirco Rodeghiero, Mats Olsson 210 $aChichester, West Sussex ;$aHoboken, NJ $cWiley-Blackwell$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (302 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-119-97001-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aSoil Carbon in Sensitive European Ecosystems; Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction to carbon in sensitive European ecosystems: from science to land management; 1.1 Rationale for this book; 1.2 What do we need to know about soils for reporting purposes?; 1.3 Objectives and overview of COST Action 639; 1.4 Working Groups of COST Action 639; 1.5 Regional coverage; Appendix 1.A Management Committee of COST Action 639; References; 2 Hot spots and hot moments for greenhouse gas emissions from soils; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Hot spots: where are they?; 2.3 How to quantify hot spots? 327 $a2.4 Mapping soil carbon at the local and regional scale 2.5 Case study: assessing soil carbon changes across England and Wales; 2.6 Quantifying hot moments; 2.7 Reporting of hot spots and hot moments; 2.8 Conclusions; References; 3 Land-use change effects on soil carbon stocks in temperate regions - development of carbon response functions; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Previous synthesis studies on land use change effects on SOC; 3.3 The concept of carbon response functions; 3.4 Temporal dynamics of SOC after land use change in temperate regions; 3.5 Implication for greenhouse gas reporting 327 $a3.6 Conclusions References; 4 Carbon in European soils; 4.1 Existing soil carbon inventories in Europe; 4.2 Detectability of change from soil inventories; 4.3 Assessment of baseline carbon stocks in Europe; 4.4 Pattern detection and predictors for carbon storage at landscape and continental scale; 4.5 Conclusions about soil carbon baselines and change detection in Europe; References; 5 Ecosystem disturbance and soil organic carbon - a review; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The carbon cycle and disturbance; 5.3 Anthropogenic disturbance due to forest harvesting; 5.4 Natural disturbances 327 $a5.5 Summary and conclusions References; 6 Mountain soils in a changing climate - vulnerability of carbon stocks and ecosystem feed backs; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Carbon stocks and their quality; 6.3 The role of erosion for carbon fluxes; 6.4 Climate change in European mountains; 6.5 Future threats to high altitude carbon storage; 6.6 Conclusions; Acknowledgement; References; 7 Greenhouse gas balance in disturbed peatlands; 7.1 Origins, distribution and current use of peatlands in Europe; 7.2 Disturbances in undrained mires; 7.3 Disturbances due to peatland management 327 $a7.4 Reporting emissions of greenhouse gases from managed peatlands 7.5 Recovery from peat loss: restoration, afforestation or energy crops?; 7.6 Conclusions; References; 8 Soil carbon in Mediterranean ecosystems and related management problems; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Mediterranean soil; 8.3 Soil carbon stocks in the major Mediterranean ecosystems; 8.4 Effects of wildfires on soil carbon dioxide efflux in Mediterranean ecosystems; 8.5 Dehesas; 8.6 Mediterranean rangelands; 8.7 Agricultural practices and SOC; 8.8 Soil carbon accumulated as charcoal 327 $a8.9 The role of soil inorganic carbon in the carbon cycle 330 $aSoil Carbon in Sensitive European Ecosystems - From Science to Land Management is a comprehensive overview of the latest research in this field drawn together by a network of scientists from across Europe. Soil carbon assessments are crucial at present to our understanding of the dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems and our ability to assess implications for the global carbon exchange and its consequences on the future climate. This book focuses primarily on ecosystems and their soil carbon stocks. 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