Soil Carbon

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Challenges for Soil Organic Carbon Research....Pages 3-16
Micromorphology Techniques for Soil Organic Carbon Studies....Pages 17-26
Soils as Generators and Sinks of Inorganic Carbon in Geologic Time....Pages 27-36
Organic Carbon as a Major Differentiation Criterion in Soil Classification Systems....Pages 37-43
Quantitatively Predicting Soil Carbon Across Landscapes....Pages 45-57
On Soil Carbon Monitoring Networks....Pages 59-68
A Novel Method for Measurement of Carbon on Whole Soil Cores....Pages 69-76
Evolutionary Optimization of Spatial Sampling Networks Designed for the Monitoring of Soil Organic Carbon....Pages 77-84
Distribution of Soil Organic Carbon in the Conterminous United States....Pages 85-93
Overview of the U.S. Rapid Carbon Assessment Project: Sampling Design, Initial Summary and Uncertainty Estimates....Pages 95-104
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Molecular Models of Cation and Water Molecule Bridges in Humic Substances....Pages 107-115
Rapid Evaluation of Soil Quality Based on Soil Carbon Reflectance....Pages 117-126
Characterization of Soil Organic Substances by UV-Vis Spectrophotometry in Some Soils of Hungary....Pages 127-136
Hot-Water-Soluble Organic Compounds Related to Hydrophobicity in Sandy Soils....Pages 137-146
The Contribution of Soil Aggregates to Carbon Sequestration in Restored Urban Grasslands....Pages 147-154
Contribution of Fungal Macromolecules to Soil Carbon Sequestration....Pages 155-161
Carbon Storage and DNA Adsorption in Allophanic Soils and Paleosols....Pages 163-172
Soil Microbial Biomass and C Storage of an Andosol....Pages 173-178
Estimating Fine Resolution Carbon Concentration in an Intact Soil Profile by X-Ray Fluorescence Scanning....Pages 179-187
Probing Temperature-Dependent Organo-mineral Interactions with Molecular Spectroscopy and Quartz Crystal Microgravimetry....Pages 189-195
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Storage of Total and Labile Soil Carbon Fractions Under Different Land-Use Types: A Laboratory Incubation Study....Pages 197-207
Could Soil Acidity Enhance Sequestration of Organic Carbon in Soils?....Pages 209-216
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
Is Percent ‘Projected Natural Vegetation Soil Carbon’ a Useful Indicator of Soil Condition?....Pages 219-227
Forest Fires and Soil Erosion Effects on Soil Organic Carbon in the Serrano River Basin (Chilean Patagonia)....Pages 229-237
Soil Carbon Sequestration with Improved Soil Management in Three Tribal Villages in India....Pages 239-247
Assessment of Near-Surface Soil Carbon Content Across Several U.S. Cropland Watersheds....Pages 249-257
Mineralizable Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics in Corn-Soybean Rotations in Glaciated Derived Landscapes of Northern Indiana....Pages 259-269
Long-Term Soil Organic Carbon Changes as Affected by Crop Rotation and Bio-covers in No-Till Crop Systems....Pages 271-279
Perennial Grasslands Are Essential for Long Term SOC Storage in the Mollisols of the North Central USA....Pages 281-288
Soil Organic Carbon Redistribution by Erosion on Arable Fields....Pages 289-296
Relating Soil Carbon and Soil Structure to Land Use Management....Pages 297-304
Microbial Biomass Carbon and Nitrogen Under Different Maize Cropping Systems....Pages 305-311
Mitigation Effect of Farmyard Manure Application on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Managed Grasslands in Japan....Pages 313-325
Clay Addition and Redistribution to Enhance Carbon Sequestration in Soils....Pages 327-335
Front Matter....Pages 337-337
Soil Carbon Management and Climate Change....Pages 339-361
GlobalSoilMap and Global Carbon Predictions....Pages 363-372
Distribution of Organic Carbon in the Soils of Antarctica....Pages 373-380
Carbon Balance in Soils of Northern Eurasia....Pages 381-391
Topsoil Organic Carbon Map of Europe....Pages 393-405
Soil Organic Carbon Content in the Topsoils of Agricultural Regions in Croatia....Pages 407-417
Front Matter....Pages 337-337
Soil Carbon Variability in Some Hungarian and Croatian Soils....Pages 419-426
Stratification Ratios of Soil Organic Matter in Agro-ecosystems in Northeastern Brazil....Pages 427-435
Carbon Balance at the Regional Scale in Southern Brazil Estimated with the Century Model....Pages 437-445
Soil CO 2 Fluxes from Different Ages of Oil Palm in Tropical Peatland of Sarawak, Malaysia....Pages 447-455
Soil Organic Carbon Stocks, Changes and CO 2 Mitigation Potential by Alteration of Residue Amendment Pattern in China....Pages 457-466
Soil Organic Carbon Stocks Under Plantation Crops and Forest in the Rainforest Zone of Nigeria....Pages 467-473
Evolution of Soil Carbon Storage and Morphometric Properties of Afforested Soils in the U.S. Great Plains....Pages 475-482
Soil Carbon Research Priorities....Pages 483-490
Back Matter....Pages 491-506