Potential of U.S. Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect

by John M. Kimble

John M. Kimble (Editor), Rattan Lal (Editor), and Richard Birdsey (Editor)

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Much attention has been given to above ground biomass and its potential as a carbon sink, but in a mature forest ecosystem 40 to 60 percent of the stored carbon is below ground. As increasing numbers of forests are managed in a wide diversity of climates and soils, the importance of forest soils as a potential carbon sink grows.

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  • ISBN10 1322623287
  • ISBN13 9781322623283
  • Publish Date 1 January 2002
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 21 April 2015
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint CRC Press
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 448
  • Language English