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Soil respiration and the environment
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Burlington, MA : Academic Press, 2006
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9780120887828
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30000010124879 QC879.8 L86 2006 Open Access Book Book
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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.


Table of Contents

1 Introduction and Overview
2 Importance and roles of soil respiration
3 Components of soil respiration
4 Controlling factors
5 Comparative studies of soil respiration across ecosystems
6 Responses to disturbance
7 Methods of study
8 Model integration and analysis
9 Future research