Soil Responses to Climate Change

Rounsevell, Mark D.A.; Loveland, Peter J.

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.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2011-12-13

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783642792205

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-79218-2

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 342