Soil Responses to Climate Change

By Mark D.A. Rounsevell

Soils will play a central role in mediating the impact of climate change on natural and managed ecosystems. The book addresses the various responses of soil processes and properties to environmental change and highlights their contribution to the proper understanding of ecosystem behaviour. Topics include: Soil hydrology; landscape evolution; salinisation; desertification; soil nitrogen dynamics; soil carbon; soil microbiology; soil erosion; crop modelling.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642792200
• ISBN13: 9783642792205
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"