Soil Ecology in Northern Forests - A Belowground View of a Changing World

Informationen zum Autor Martin Lukac is Research Assistant at the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, UK. His main areas of interest are carbon cycling, forest ecology and climate change impacts on ecosystems. He is involved in teaching and research in the area of climate change, focusing on its effects on ecosystem functioning and stability. Douglas L. Godbold is Professor of Forest Sciences, School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University, Bangor, Wales. His research interests include tree roots and rhizosphere biology, particularly in the context of environmental change. He teaches in the areas of plant-soil interactions and forest ecosystems. Klappentext Encapsulates soil ecology and functioning in northern forests, focusing on the effects of human activity and climate change. Zusammenfassung Forest soils form the foundation that underpins the existence of all forests. This book encapsulates forest soil ecology and functioning! focusing on the effects of human activity and climate change! and is of interest to anyone studying forestry and forest ecology in European! North American and North Asian contexts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Soil properties; 3. Forest soil development and classification; 4. Soil fungi; 5. Soil water; 6. Forest carbon cycle; 7. Nutrient cycling; 8. Northern forests in a high CO2 world; 9. Soil acidity and heavy metal pollution; 10. Nitrogen; 11. Soil functioning and climate change; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Douglas L. Godbold, Douglas L. (University of Wales Godbold, Godbold Douglas L., Martin Lukac, Martin (University of Reading) Lukac, Martin (University of Reading) Godbold Lukac, Lukac Martin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.04.2011
• EAN: 9780521886796
• ISBN: 978-0-521-88679-6
• No. of pages: 268
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); NATURE / Natural Resources, Biology, life sciences, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Plant Ecology, Botany & plant sciences, Soil science, sedimentology, Botany and plant sciences, Sedimentology and pedology