The Greenhouse Gas Balance of Italy An Insight on Managed and Natural Terrestrial Ecosystems /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Valentini, Riccardo (Editor), Miglietta, Franco (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Environmental Science and Engineering,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Climate change.; Environmental sciences.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Earth Sciences.; Environmental Science and Engineering.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.

The book addresses in a comprehensive way the full greenhouse gases budget of the Italian landscape, focusing on land use and terrestrial ecosystems. In recent years there has been a growing interest in the role of terrestrial ecosystems with regard to the carbon cycle and only recently a regional a...

Table of Contents:

• The greenhouse gas balance of Italy: a synthesis
• Carbon, water and energy fluxes of terrestrial ecosystems in Italy
• Biogenic volatile organic compounds emissions
• Airborne flux integration at regional scale
• The role of managed forest ecosystem: an inventory approach
• The role of managed forest ecosystems: a modeling based approach
• Emissions from forest fires: methods of estimation and national results
• Emission from biotic disturbances and pests
• Forest harvesting and utilization: carbon losses and the role of wood products
• Afforestation and reforestation.