Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in European Forest Ecosystems (Mixed media product, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000)

The storage of carbon in forest ecosystems has received special attention in the Kyoto protocol of the Climate Convention, which attempts to equilibrate fossil fuel emissions with biological sinks. This volume quantifies carbon storage in managed forest ecosystems not only in biomass, but also in all soil compartments. It investigates the interaction between the carbon and nitrogen cycles by working along a north-south transect through Europe which starts in northern Sweden, passes through a N-deposition maximum in central Europe and ends in Italy. Surprisingly, C storage in soils increases with N deposition; in addition, not young reforestations, but old growth forests have the highest rate of carbon sequestration. For the first time biogeochemical processes are linked to biodiversity on a large geographic scale and with special focus on soil organisms. The enclosed CD-ROM provides a complete database of all flux, storage and species observations for modellers.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Ecological Studies, 142
Release date:	October 2000
First published:	2000
Editors:	Ernst- Detlef Schulze
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Mixed media product
Pages:	506
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
ISBN-13:	978-3-540-67239-5
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Ecological science, the Biosphere Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > General
LSN:	3-540-67239-7
Barcode:	9783540672395

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