Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Ecosystems

• Main Authors: Lorenz, Klaus (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Lal, Rattan (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Agriculture.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Climate change.; Soil Science & Conservation.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.

Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Ecosystems addresses basic processes of soil C dynamics and explains the underlying controls of technical and economic potential of soil C sequestration. It contains discussions on soil inorganic and organic C, and the factors affecting their stock and fluxes. Af...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1 Agricultural Land Use and the Global Carbon Cycle
• 2 Soil Carbon Stock
• 3 Carbon Sequestration in Cropland Soils
• 4 Carbon Sequestration in Grassland Soils
• 5 Carbon Sequestration in Wetland Soils
• 6 Agroforestry Systems
• 7 Biomass and Bioenergy.-8 Biochar
• 9 Importance of Soils of Agroecosystems for Climate Change Policy
• Conclusions: The Way Forward.