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Soil Respiration and the Environment
1st Edition - August 11, 2006
Authors: Luo Yiqi, Xuhui Zhou
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:9780120887828
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eBook ISBN:9780080463971
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The global environment is constantly changing and our planet is getting warmer at an unprecedented rate. The study of the carbon cycle, and soil respiration, is a very active area…Read more
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The global environment is constantly changing and our planet is getting warmer at an unprecedented rate. The study of the carbon cycle, and soil respiration, is a very active area of research internationally because of its relationship to climate change. It is crucial for our understanding of ecosystem functions from plot levels to global scales. Although a great deal of literature on soil respiration has been accumulated in the past several years, the material has not yet been synthesized into one place until now. This book synthesizes the already published research findings and presents the fundamentals of this subject. Including information on global carbon cycling, climate changes, ecosystem productivity, crop production, and soil fertility, this book will be of interest to scientists, researchers, and students across many disciplines.
A key reference for the scientific community on global climate change, ecosystem studies, and soil ecology
Describes the myriad ways that soils respire and how this activity influences the environment
Covers a breadth of topics ranging from methodology to comparative analyses of different ecosystem types
The first existing "treatise" on the subject
Graduate and undergraduate students, professors and researchers in areas of ecology, soil science, earth system science, atmosphere, climate molders, biogeochemistry, agronomy, horticulture, and global change biology.
Preface
Part I: Context
Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview
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1.1 DEFINITION AND INTRODUCTION
1.2 HISTORY OF RESEARCH
1.3 OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK
Chapter 2: Importance and Roles of Soil Respiration
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2.1 SOIL RESPIRATION AND ECOSYSTEM CARBON BALANCE
2.2 SOIL RESPIRATION AND NUTRIENT CYCLING
2.3 SOIL RESPIRATION AND REGIONAL AND GLOBAL CARBON CYCLING
2.4 SOIL RESPIRATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE
2.5 SOIL RESPIRATION AND CARBON STORAGE AND TRADING
Part II: Mechanisms
Chapter 3: Processes of CO2 Production in Soil
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3.1 BIOCHEMISTRY OF CO2 PRODUCTION PROCESSES
3.2 ROOT RESPIRATION
3.3 RHIZOSPHERE RESPIRATION WITH LABILE CARBON SUPPLY
3.4 LITTER DECOMPOSITION AND SOIL ORGANISMS
3.5 OXIDATION OF SOIL ORGANIC MATTER (SOM)
Chapter 4: Processes of CO2 Transport from Soil to the Atmosphere
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4.1 CO2 TRANSPORT WITHIN SOIL
4.2 CO2 RELEASE AT THE SOIL SURFACE
4.3 CO2 TRANSFER IN PLANT CANOPY
4.4 CO2 TRANSPORT IN THE PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER
Part III: Regulation
Chapter 5: Controlling Factors
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5.1 SUBSTRATE SUPPLY AND ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY
5.2 TEMPERATURE
5.3 SOIL MOISTURE
5.4 SOIL OXYGEN
5.5 NITROGEN
5.6 SOIL TEXTURE
5.7 SOIL PH
5.8 INTERACTIONS OF MULTIPLE FACTORS
Chapter 6: Temporal and Spatial Variations in Soil Respiration
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6.1 TEMPORAL VARIATION
6.2 SPATIAL PATTERNS
6.3 VARIATION ALONG GRADIENTS
Chapter 7: Responses to Disturbances
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7.1 ELEVATED CO2 CONCENTRATION
7.2 CLIMATIC WARMING
7.3 CHANGES IN PRECIPITATION FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY
7.4 DISTURBANCES AND MANIPULATIONS OF SUBSTRATE SUPPLY
7.5 NITROGEN DEPOSITION AND FERTILIZATION
7.6 AGRICULTURAL CULTIVATION
7.7 INTERACTIVE AND RELATIVE EFFECTS OF MULTIPLE FACTORS
Part IV: Approaches
Chapter 8: Methods of Measurements and Estimations
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8.1 METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEASUREMENT METHODS
8.2 CLOSED DYNAMIC CHAMBER (CDC) METHOD
8.3 OPEN DYNAMIC CHAMBER (ODC) METHOD
8.4 CLOSED STATIC CHAMBER (CSC) METHODS
8.5 GAS CHROMATOGRAPH (GC)
8.6 CHAMBER DESIGN AND DEPLOYMENT
8.7 GAS-WELL (GW) METHOD
8.8 MISCELLANEOUS INDIRECT METHODS
8.9 METHOD COMPARISON
Chapter 9: Separation of Source Components of Soil Respiration
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9.1 EXPERIMENTAL MANIPULATION METHODS
9.2 ISOTOPE METHODS
9.3 INFERENCE AND MODELING METHODS
9.4 ESTIMATED RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF DIFFERENT SOURCE COMPONENTS
Chapter 10: Modeling Synthesis and Analysis
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10.1 EMPIRICAL MODELS
10.2 CO2 PRODUCTION MODELS
10.3 CO2 PRODUCTION-TRANSPORT MODELS
10.4 MODELING SOIL RESPIRATION AT DIFFERENT SCALES
10.5 MODEL DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION
APPENDIX: Commercial Systems and Homemade Chambers of Soil Respiration Measurement
References
Index
No. of pages: 328
Language: English
Edition: 1
Published: August 11, 2006
Imprint: Academic Press
Hardback ISBN: 9780120887828
eBook ISBN: 9780080463971
LY
Luo Yiqi
Affiliations and expertise
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
University of Oklahoma, Norman, U.S.A.
XZ
Xuhui Zhou
Affiliations and expertise
University of Oklahoma, Norman, U.S.A.
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