Research Catalog

Title

Global climate change and tropical ecosystems / R. Lal, J.M. Kimble, B.A. Stewart.

Publication

Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2000.

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• Lal, R.
• Kimble, J. M. (John M.)
• Stewart, B. A. (Bobby Alton), 1932-

Description

438 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Subject

• Soil ecology > Tropics
• Climatic changes > Tropics
• Carbon sequestration > Tropics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Sect. I. Carbon Pool in Tropical Ecosystems. Ch. 1. Tropical Ecosystems and the Global C Cycle / R. Lal and J. M. Kimble. Ch. 2. Carbon Stocks in Soils of the Brazilian Amazon / C. C. Cerri, M. Bernoux and D. Arrouays / [et al.]. Ch. 3. Carbon Pools in Forest Ecosystems of Australasia and Oceania / P. K. Khanna, P. Snowdon and J. Bauhus. Ch. 4. Organic Carbon Stock in Soils of India / M. Velayutham, D. K. Pal and T. Bhattacharyya -- Sect. II. Land Use and Carbon Pool in Soils of Africa. Ch. 5. Slash-and-Burn Effects on Carbon Stocks in the Humid Tropics / P. L. Woomer, C. A. Palm and J. Alegre / [et al.]. Ch. 6. Crop Residue and Fertilizer Management to Improve Soil Organic Carbon Content, Soil Quality and Productivity in the Desert Margins of West Africa / A. Bationo, S. P. Wani and C. L. Bielders / [et al.]. Ch. 7. Restorative Effects of Mucuna Utilis on Soil Organic C Pool of a Severely Degraded Alfisol in Western Nigeria / R. Lal.
• Ch. 8. Land Use and Cropping System Effects on Restoring Soil Carbon Pool of Degraded Alfisols in Western Nigeria / R. Lal -- Sect. III. Land Use and Carbon Pool in Soils of Tropical America. Ch. 9. Impact of Conversion of Brazilian Cerrados to Cropland and Pastureland on Soil Carbon Pool and Dynamics / D. V. S. Resck, C. A. Vasconcellos and L. Vilela / [et al.]. Ch. 10. Soil Carbon Accumulation or Loss Following Deforestation for Pasture in the Brazilian Amazon / C. Neill and E. A. Davidson. Ch. 11. The Potential and Dynamics of Carbon Sequestration in Traditional and Modified Fallow Systems of the Eastern Amazon Region, Brazil / M. Denich, M. Kanashiro and P. L. G. Vlek. Ch. 12. Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Land-Use Change in Brazil's Amazon Region / P. M. Fearnside. Ch. 13. Land Use Impact on Carbon Dynamics in Soils of the Arid and Semiarid Tropics / B. A. Stewart and C. A. Robinson -- Sect. IV. Land Use and Carbon Pool in Soils of Asia and The Pacific.
• Ch. 14. Impact of Land Use and Management Practices on Organic Carbon Dynamics in Soils of India / A. Swarup, M. C. Manna and G. B. Singh. Ch. 15. Soil Organic Matter Dynamics and Carbon Sequestration in Australian Tropical Soils / R. C. Dalal and J. O. Carter -- Sect. V. Basic Soil Processes and Carbon Dynamics. Ch. 16. Soil Aggregation and C Sequestration / R. Lal -- Sect. VI. Monitoring and Prediction. Ch. 17. Methods of Analysis for Soil Carbon: An Overview / H. H. Cheng and J. Kimble. Ch. 18. Modeling Soil Carbon Dynamics in Tropical Ecosystems / P. Smith, P. Falloon and K. Coleman / [et al.]. Ch. 19. Evaluating Tropical Soil Properties with Pedon Data, Satellite Imagery, and Neural Networks / E. Levine, D. Kimes and S. Fifer / [et al.]. Ch. 20. Geographic Assessment of carbon Stored in Amazonian Terrestrial Ecosystems and Their Soils in Particular / W. G. Sombroek, P. M. Fearnside and M. Cravo.
• Ch. 21. Carbon Dioxide Measurements in the Nocturnal Boundary Layer over Amazonian Tropical Forest / G. Fisch, A. D. Culf and Y. Malhi / [et al.]. Ch. 22. Atmospheric CO[subscript 2] Fluxes and Soil Respiration Measurements over Sugarcane in Southeast Brazil / H. R. Da Rocha, O. M. R. Cabral and M. A. F. Da Silva Dias / [et al.] -- Sect. VIII. Research and Development Priorities. Ch. 23. What Do We Know and What Needs to Be Known and Implemented for C Sequestration in Tropical Ecosystems / R. Lal and J. M. Kimble.

ISBN

1566704855 (alk. paper)

LCCN

99047136

OCLC

• ocm42389642
• SCSB-3839335

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Columbia University Libraries