TY - CHAP
T1 - Regionally Diverse Land-Use Driven Feedbacks from Soils to the Climate System
AU - Jungkunst, Hermann F
AU - Horvath, Thomas
AU - Erasmi, Stefan
AU - Krüger, Jan Paul
AU - Meurer, Katharina
AU - Schützenmeister, Klaus
AU - Guillaume, Thomas
AU - Scholten, Thomas
AU - Baumann, Frank
AU - Schleuss, Per-Marten
AU - He, Jin-Sheng
AU - Kühn, Peter
AU - Henkner, Jessica
AU - Boy, Jens
AU - Kätterer, Thomas
AU - Schneider, Julia
N1 - DOI link for Soil and Climate Soil and Climate book DOI link for Soil and Climate Soil and Climate book Edited By Rattan Lal, B. A. Stewart eBook Published 3 September 2018 Subjects Earth Sciences, Environment & Agriculture, Environment and Sustainability
Jungkunst, H., T. Horvath, S. Erasmi, J.P. Krueger, K.H.M. Meuer, K. Schuetzenmeister, T. Guillaume, T. Scholten, F. Baumann, P.-M. Schleuss, J.-S. He, P. Kuehn, J. Henkner, T. Kaetterer, and J. Schneider. 2019. Regionally diverse land-use driven feedback from soils to the climate system. pp 61-129 In: Lal, R. (Ed.), Stewart, B. (Ed.). Soil and Climate. Boca Raton: CRC Press, https://doi.org/10.1201/b21225
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - When one looks at the global distribution of soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks, a few patterns emerge (Figure 3.1). The SOC density is not uniformly distributed and nitrogen (N) is strongly associated with it. Hot spots of SOC density exist primarily in the northern higher latitudes and again in smaller pockets in the equatorial regions. But even this general pattern has numerous important exceptions. In the northern hemisphere, for example, regional hot spots exist in central China, in the southwestern forests of the US and in the Pacific Northwest of North America. At the same time in the southern hemisphere, the forests of New Zealand and the Patagonian region in Chile have high SOC densities. One could argue alone from this heterogeneous distribution that processes affecting SOC and N need to be treated on a more regional than global scale. In addition to the carbon (C) stocks, the main factors expected to alter soil C processes in the future are also predicted to change regionally. As an example, when one combines the distribution of C stocks with predicted changes in temperature and precipitation, the overlap can be modeled to show regional hot (red) and cold (green) spots of C release from soils (Figure 3.2). The rcp45 scenario indicates that major changes to soil C processes will occur not only in the tundra, but also significant changes may occur throughout the tropics. Changes in the far northern latitudes will likely create regional sources of CO 2 to the atmosphere, whereas in the tropical regions, changes will create sink conditions resulting in CO 2 uptake. It also points out some interesting regional hot spots, some of which are considered in regional case studies in this chapter (e.g., Russia, Tibet, Sweden, and Brazil). On the other hand, some regions emerge as areas lacking previous regional consideration, which may indicate the need for future research (e.g., southeastern US, the Balkan states, and Central America). Thus, the objective of this chapter is to focus on the advantages of a regional approach to understand future changes in soil C processes.
AB - When one looks at the global distribution of soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks, a few patterns emerge (Figure 3.1). The SOC density is not uniformly distributed and nitrogen (N) is strongly associated with it. Hot spots of SOC density exist primarily in the northern higher latitudes and again in smaller pockets in the equatorial regions. But even this general pattern has numerous important exceptions. In the northern hemisphere, for example, regional hot spots exist in central China, in the southwestern forests of the US and in the Pacific Northwest of North America. At the same time in the southern hemisphere, the forests of New Zealand and the Patagonian region in Chile have high SOC densities. One could argue alone from this heterogeneous distribution that processes affecting SOC and N need to be treated on a more regional than global scale. In addition to the carbon (C) stocks, the main factors expected to alter soil C processes in the future are also predicted to change regionally. As an example, when one combines the distribution of C stocks with predicted changes in temperature and precipitation, the overlap can be modeled to show regional hot (red) and cold (green) spots of C release from soils (Figure 3.2). The rcp45 scenario indicates that major changes to soil C processes will occur not only in the tundra, but also significant changes may occur throughout the tropics. Changes in the far northern latitudes will likely create regional sources of CO 2 to the atmosphere, whereas in the tropical regions, changes will create sink conditions resulting in CO 2 uptake. It also points out some interesting regional hot spots, some of which are considered in regional case studies in this chapter (e.g., Russia, Tibet, Sweden, and Brazil). On the other hand, some regions emerge as areas lacking previous regional consideration, which may indicate the need for future research (e.g., southeastern US, the Balkan states, and Central America). Thus, the objective of this chapter is to focus on the advantages of a regional approach to understand future changes in soil C processes.
UR - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429487262
M3 - Chapter
BT - Soil and Climate
ER -