Ebook: Soil Responses to Climate Change

Soils will play a central role in mediating the impact of climate change on natural and managed ecosystems.
The book addresses the various responses of soil processes and properties to environmental change and highlights their contribution to the proper understanding of ecosystem behaviour.
Topics include: Soil hydrology; landscape evolution; salinisation; desertification; soil nitrogen dynamics; soil carbon; soil microbiology; soil erosion; crop modelling.

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Soils will play a central role in mediating the impact of climate change on natural and managed ecosystems.
The book addresses the various responses of soil processes and properties to environmental change and highlights their contribution to the proper understanding of ecosystem behaviour.
Topics include: Soil hydrology; landscape evolution; salinisation; desertification; soil nitrogen dynamics; soil carbon; soil microbiology; soil erosion; crop modelling.

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Soils will play a central role in mediating the impact of climate change on natural and managed ecosystems.
The book addresses the various responses of soil processes and properties to environmental change and highlights their contribution to the proper understanding of ecosystem behaviour.
Topics include: Soil hydrology; landscape evolution; salinisation; desertification; soil nitrogen dynamics; soil carbon; soil microbiology; soil erosion; crop modelling.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-X
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Soils and Global Change — An Overview....Pages 3-11
Relevance of Understanding Landscape Evolution in Relation to Climate-Induced Soil Behaviour....Pages 13-23
Climate Change, Desertification and the Mediterranean Region....Pages 25-38
Climate Change, Soil Salinity and Alkalinity....Pages 39-54
Spatial Modelling Approaches to Evaluate the Effects of Climate Change on Future Crop Potential and Land Management....Pages 55-69
Crop Models: Principles and Adaptations to the Problem of Climate Change....Pages 71-98
The Effects of Climate Change on Irrigated Soils: Water Resources and Solute Leaching....Pages 99-111
Modelling the Effects of Climate Change on the Hydrology and Water Quality of Structured Soils....Pages 113-135
The Potential Impact of Global Environmental Change on Nitrogen Dynamics in Arable Systems....Pages 137-153
Climate Change and Soil Microbial Processes: Secondary Effects are Hypothesised from Better Known Interacting Primary Effects....Pages 155-168
Old Sediment Carbon in Global Budgets....Pages 169-183
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Global Climate Change and the Necessity to ‘Scale-Down’....Pages 187-191
The Agricultural Management Effects on Carbon Sequestration in Eastern Canada....Pages 193-196
Demonstration of the Rothamsted Carbon Model....Pages 197-198
An Expert Evaluation System to Assess Agricultural Soil Erosion Vulnerability....Pages 199-204
Microleis 3.2: A Set of Computer Programs, Statistical Models and Expert Systems for Land Evaluation....Pages 205-209
Modelling Soil Erosion on UK Agricultural Land under a Changed Climate....Pages 211-215
The Development of Pedotransfer Functions for the Hydraulic Properties of Portuguese Soils....Pages 217-219
The Use of EPIC in a Statistical Framework for Regional Analysis of Soil Responses to Climate and Management....Pages 221-222
Effect of Climatic Changes (CO2, Temperature) on Grassland Ecosystems: First Five Months’ Experimental Results....Pages 223-228
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Significance of Two Soil Components of the Pedosphere as Carbon Sinks....Pages 229-230
The Role of Site Characteristics, Species and Soil Horizon on the Evaluation of Carbon Contents of Forest Soils....Pages 231-236
Statistical Study of Soil Respiration: Calculation of Present Day Rates and Anticipation for a Double CO2 World....Pages 237-241
Demonstration of Sundial: Simulation of Nitrogen Dynamics in Arable Land....Pages 243-244
Seasonal Climatic Variability and Upward Nitrate Movement in Greek Soils....Pages 245-248
Standard Operation Procedures for Sampling and Sample Treatment of Soils for Environmental Specimen Banking....Pages 249-254
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
Soils and Climate Change — Where Next?....Pages 257-266
Back Matter....Pages 267-314

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Soils will play a central role in mediating the impact of climate change on natural and managed ecosystems.
The book addresses the various responses of soil processes and properties to environmental change and highlights their contribution to the proper understanding of ecosystem behaviour.
Topics include: Soil hydrology; landscape evolution; salinisation; desertification; soil nitrogen dynamics; soil carbon; soil microbiology; soil erosion; crop modelling.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-X
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Soils and Global Change — An Overview....Pages 3-11
Relevance of Understanding Landscape Evolution in Relation to Climate-Induced Soil Behaviour....Pages 13-23
Climate Change, Desertification and the Mediterranean Region....Pages 25-38
Climate Change, Soil Salinity and Alkalinity....Pages 39-54
Spatial Modelling Approaches to Evaluate the Effects of Climate Change on Future Crop Potential and Land Management....Pages 55-69
Crop Models: Principles and Adaptations to the Problem of Climate Change....Pages 71-98
The Effects of Climate Change on Irrigated Soils: Water Resources and Solute Leaching....Pages 99-111
Modelling the Effects of Climate Change on the Hydrology and Water Quality of Structured Soils....Pages 113-135
The Potential Impact of Global Environmental Change on Nitrogen Dynamics in Arable Systems....Pages 137-153
Climate Change and Soil Microbial Processes: Secondary Effects are Hypothesised from Better Known Interacting Primary Effects....Pages 155-168
Old Sediment Carbon in Global Budgets....Pages 169-183
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Global Climate Change and the Necessity to ‘Scale-Down’....Pages 187-191
The Agricultural Management Effects on Carbon Sequestration in Eastern Canada....Pages 193-196
Demonstration of the Rothamsted Carbon Model....Pages 197-198
An Expert Evaluation System to Assess Agricultural Soil Erosion Vulnerability....Pages 199-204
Microleis 3.2: A Set of Computer Programs, Statistical Models and Expert Systems for Land Evaluation....Pages 205-209
Modelling Soil Erosion on UK Agricultural Land under a Changed Climate....Pages 211-215
The Development of Pedotransfer Functions for the Hydraulic Properties of Portuguese Soils....Pages 217-219
The Use of EPIC in a Statistical Framework for Regional Analysis of Soil Responses to Climate and Management....Pages 221-222
Effect of Climatic Changes (CO2, Temperature) on Grassland Ecosystems: First Five Months’ Experimental Results....Pages 223-228
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Significance of Two Soil Components of the Pedosphere as Carbon Sinks....Pages 229-230
The Role of Site Characteristics, Species and Soil Horizon on the Evaluation of Carbon Contents of Forest Soils....Pages 231-236
Statistical Study of Soil Respiration: Calculation of Present Day Rates and Anticipation for a Double CO2 World....Pages 237-241
Demonstration of Sundial: Simulation of Nitrogen Dynamics in Arable Land....Pages 243-244
Seasonal Climatic Variability and Upward Nitrate Movement in Greek Soils....Pages 245-248
Standard Operation Procedures for Sampling and Sample Treatment of Soils for Environmental Specimen Banking....Pages 249-254
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
Soils and Climate Change — Where Next?....Pages 257-266
Back Matter....Pages 267-314
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