Soil Carbon Storage: Modulators, Mechanisms and Modeling

Soil Carbon Storage: Modulators, Mechanisms and Modeling takes a novel approach to the issue of soil carbon storage by considering soil C sequestration as a function of the interaction between biotic (e.g. microbes and plants) and abiotic (climate, soil types, management practices) modulators as a key driver of soil C. These modulators are central to C balance through their processing of C from both plant inputs and native soil organic matter. This book considers this concept in the light of state-of-the-art methodologies that elucidate these interactions and increase our understanding of a vitally important, but poorly characterized component of the global C cycle.

The book provides soil scientists with a comprehensive, mechanistic, quantitative and predictive understanding of soil carbon storage. It presents a new framework that can be included in predictive models and management practices for better prediction and enhanced C storage in soils.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 012812766X
• ISBN13: 9780128127667
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 9.3"