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Soil Carbon Storage: Modulators, Mechanisms and Modeling takes a novel approach to the issue of soil carbon storage by considering soil C sequestration as a function of the interaction between biotic (e.g. microbes and plants) and abiotic (climate, soil types, management practices) modulators as a key driver of soil C. These modulators are central to C balance through their processing of C from both plant inputs and native soil organic matter. This book considers this concept in the light of state-of-the-art methodologies that elucidate these interactions and increase our understanding of a vitally important, but poorly characterized component of the global C cycle. The book provides soil scientists with a comprehensive, mechanistic, quantitative and predictive understanding of soil carbon storage. It presents a new framework that can be included in predictive models and management practices for better prediction and enhanced C storage in soils.
Intro; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Soil Carbon: Introduction, Importance, Status, Threat, and Mitigation; Abstract; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Human Civilizations and Soil Organic Carbon; 1.3 Healthy Soil is the Foundation for Ecosystem Services and Terrestrial Life; 1.4 Soil Organic Carbon is the Most Important Component of Soil Quality and Health; 1.5 Soil Organic Carbon is a Major Driver of Ecosystem Services; 1.6 Soil Organic Carbon and Provisioning Services; 1.7 Regulating Services; 1.8 Supporting Services; 1.9 Cultural Services.
1.10 Status, Threat, and Opportunity1.11 Value of Ecosystem Services Provided by SOC; 1.12 Policies on Soil Carbon; 1.13 Conclusion; References; Chapter 2. Plant Communities as Modulators of Soil Carbon Storage; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Plant Community Effects on Soil Carbon Cycling; 2.3 Plant Communities and Mechanisms of Soil Carbon Incorporation; 2.4 Plant Community Attributes, Soil Carbon Cycling and Storage; 2.5 Plant-Mycorrhizal Interactions and Soil Carbon Cycling; 2.6 Plant-Soil Feedbacks and Soil Carbon; 2.7 Climate, Plant Communities, and Carbon Cycling.
2.8 Conclusions and Way ForwardReferences; Chapter 3. Microbial Modulators and Mechanisms of Soil Carbon Storage; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Key Microbial Modulators of Soil C Storage in Terrestrial Ecosystems; 3.3 Factors Impacting Microbial Modulation of C Storage; 3.4 Microbial Regulation of SOC Dynamics; 3.5 Incorporating Microbial Community and Functions in Predictive and Mechanistic Soil C Models: Challenges and Advancements; 3.6 Concluding Remarks (See Also Box 3.3); Acknowledgement; References; Further Reading.
Chapter 4. Leveraging a New Understanding of how Belowground Food Webs Stabilize Soil Organic Matter to Promote Ecological Intensification of AgricultureAbstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Notions of Sustainability; 4.3 The Need for a Multipool Organic Matter Vision for Agriculture; 4.4 Evolving Understanding of Soil Food Webs; 4.5 The Relevance of Emerging Soil Food Web Concepts for Soil Organic Matter Cycling; 4.6 Potential Gains and Pitfalls of Implementing New Thinking About Soil Organic Matter Cycling for Agriculture; 4.7 Conclusions; References.
Chapter 5. Climate, Geography, and Soil Abiotic Properties as Modulators of Soil Carbon StorageAbstract; Acknowledgments; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 A Brief Summary of Key Climatic, Spatial, and Abiotic Modulators of Soil C Storage; 5.3 Dominant Mechanisms That Explain the Impact of Modulators on Soil C Storage; 5.4 Predictive Modeling of Soil C; 5.5 New Insights, the Inclusion of Which Might Improve Predictions of Soil C Storage; 5.6 Conclusions; Disclaimer; References; Further Reading; Chapter 6. Soil Nutrients and Soil Carbon Storage: Modulators and Mechanisms; Abstract; Acknowledgments.
Includes bibliographical references and index.