Soil Carbon Storage

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.