............................................................................................................. viii CHAPTER 1: GENERAL INTRODUCTION ...................................................... 1 Dissertation Organization .................................................................................... 2 Literature Cited ..................................................................

Soil type and fertility level influence straw carbon dynamics in the agroecosystems. However, there is a limited understanding of the dynamic processes of straw-derived and soil-derived carbon and the influence of the addition of straw carbon on soil-derived organic carbon in different soils associated with different fertility levels. In this study, we applied the in-situ carborundum tube metho...

Bulk soil organic carbon concentration and isotopic composition characterize its sources and fate, identify the anthropogenic input of organic carbon into the soil, and trace soil carbon turnover. Coal and/or coal combustion products represent the prime anthropogenic input of organic carbon into three soil profiles located in the vicinity of a steel company. Three profiles positioned away from ...

A large and growing body of evidence has demonstrated that airborne scanning light detection and ranging (lidar) systems can be an effective tool in measuring and monitoring above-ground forest tree biomass. However, the potential of lidar as an all-round tool for assisting in assessment of carbon (C) stocks in soil and non-tree vegetation components of the forest ecosystem has been given much ...

Soil scientists can aid in an essential part of ecological conservation and rehabilitation by quantifying soil properties, such as organic carbon (SOC), is stock (SOCs) SOC crucial for providing ecosystem services, and, through effective C-sequestration, the effects climate change be mitigated. In remote mountainous areas with complex terrain, northern Maloti-Drakensberg South Africa Lesotho, d...

The soil organic carbon (SOC) was determined in soils of enclosed karst depressions (dolines) (NW Dinaric Mts.) to define their potential for sequestration. SOC measured the forest, succession (scrubland), and grassland plots at bottom dolines four depths (0–40 cm) 40 cm layer stock calculated. We demonstrated that prevailing fine fractions, C/N ratio thickness play a positive role storage capa...

Background: The loss of carbon (C) from agricultural soils has been, in part, attributed to tillage, a common prac‐ tice providing a number of benefits to farmers. The promotion of less intensive tillage practices and no tillage (NT) (the absence of mechanical soil disturbance) aims to mitigate negative impacts on soil quality and to preserve soil organic carbon (SOC). Several reviews and meta‐...

understanding the relationship between soil and plant is essential for reclamation of degraded lands. in order to investigate the relationship between atriplex halimus density with carbon sequestration the rangeland of incheborun was studied. soil samples were collected randomly by auger in the depth of 0-30 cm of the soil profile in three different plant densities (400 stand per hectare) with ...