Ecosystem Services and Carbon Sequestration in the Biosphere

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lal, Rattan (Editor), Lorenz, Klaus (Editor), Hüttl, Reinhard F. (Editor), Schneider, Bernd Uwe (Editor), von Braun, Joachim (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Environment.; Climate change.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Sustainable development.; Life Sciences.; Soil Science & Conservation.; Environment, general.; Climate Change.; Sustainable Development.

This book describes comprehensively potential, co-benefits and drawbacks of carbon (C) sequestration for ecosystem services. Soil generates numerous ecosystem services for human wellbeing and ecological functions. The services discussed include provisional (feed, food, timber, biofuel), regulating (...