Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in European Forest Ecosystems

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XX, 506 Seiten

2000 | 1., 2000
Springer Berlin
978-3-540-67025-4 (ISBN)

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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 s pecies observations for modellers.
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The book contains 21 chapters and is divided into the following Parts:Part A: Introduction to the European Transect.-Part B: Plant-Related Processes.-Part C: Heterotrophic Processes.-Part D: Diversity-Related Processes.-Part E: Integration.

Reihe/Serie	Ecological Studies ; 142
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	884 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
Schlagworte	Artenvielfalt • biodiversity • carbon storage, biological • Europa; Natur • Forest • Karbon • Kohlenstoffspeicherung, biologische • Kyoto Protocol • Kyoto Protokoll • nitrogen cycle • Nitroverbindungen • Stickstoffkreislauf • Wald
ISBN-10	3-540-67025-4 / 3540670254
ISBN-13	978-3-540-67025-4 / 9783540670254
Zustand	Neuware