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Climate Change and Managed Ecosystems

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Edited by Jagtar Bhatti, Rattan Lal, Michael J. Apps, Mick A. Price

Contributors: Alan L. Sutton, Barry G. Warner, Matt Sanderson, Linda Mortsch, Vern S. Baron, Ilka Bauer, Pierre Y. Bernier, Dave Burton, Grant Clark, Henry Hengeveld, Gerrit Hoogenboom, David B. Layzell, Kim Ominski, John Stone, G. Cornelis van Kooten, Dale Vitt, Garry C. Waghorn, John J. Feddes, Brad C. Joern, B. T. Richert, Taro Asada, J.K.A. Atakora, R.O. Ball, J. Casson, W.A. Dugas, I. Edeogu, Claude La Bine, Jerry J. Leonard, Soenke Moehn, Brent Morin, Jason D. Price, W.C. Sauer, Jilene Sauve, R. Howard Skinner, Jamie Stephen, Karin M. Wittenberg, Sharon L. Woodward, Yong Cheng Zhang, R.T. Zijlstra, G. Cornelis van Kooten

Published December 20th 2005 by CRC Press – 464 pages

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Featuring contributions from leading experts in the field, Climate Change and Managed Ecosystems examines the effects of global climate change on intensively constructed or reconstructed ecosystems, focusing on land use changes in relation to forestry, agriculture, and wetlands including peatlands. The book begins by discussing the fragility of ecosystems in the face of changing climates, particularly through human caused increases in atmospheric GHGs. The chapters delineate how and why the climate has changed and what can be expected to occur in the foreseeable future. They identify the potential adaptation responses to reduce the impacts of a changing climate.

Using this information as a foundation, the chapter authors examine what is known about the impacts of climate on agricultural, forested, and wetland ecosystems. They illustrate the importance of these ecosystems in the global carbon cycle and discuss the potential interaction between terrestrial and atmospheric carbon pools under changing climactic conditions. The book delineates what needs to be done to ensure continued stability in these ecosystems. It includes a description of activities that have been undertaken in the past to identify gaps in understanding GHG emissions from agriculture, forests, and wetlands and their mitigation, as well as current research initiatives to address these gaps.

The book presents an overview of how economic reasoning can be applied to climate change and illustrates how terrestrial carbon-uptake credits (offset credits) operate within the Kyoto Protocol framework. By identifying gaps in the current understanding of adaptation of mitigation strategies, the book underscores the need to make management of these ecosystems part of a global solution.

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"I recommend this book to scientists, professors, educators, and students of natural and agricultural sciences, especially people engaged in climate change and carbon research. Those involved in managing and applying global change science, e.g., grant program directors, natural resource and program mangers, and policymakers should find the synthesis chapters plus sections discussing mitigation and its economics particularly useful."

-Jack A. Morgan, Journal of Environmental Quality, Vol. 35, No. 5, September-October 2006

Contents

CLIMATE CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS

Interaction between Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Managed Ecosystems in Canada, J.S. Bhatti, M.J. Apps, and R. Lal

The Science of Changing Climates, H. Hengeveld

Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture, Forestry, and Wetlands, L.D. Mortsch

MANAGED ECOSYSTEMS - STATE OF KNOWLEDGE

Anthropogenic Changes and the Global Carbon Cycle, J.S. Bhatti, M.J. Apps, and R. Lal

Plant/Soil Interface and Climate Change: Carbon Sequestration from the Production Perspective, G. Hoogenboom

Carbon Dynamics in Agricultural Soils, R. Lal

Plant Species Diversity: Management Implications for Temperate

Pasture Production, M.A. Sanderson

Net Ecosystem Carbon Dioxide Exchange over a Temperate, Short-Season Grassland: Transition from Cereal to Perennial Forage, V.S. Baron, D.G. Young, W.A. Dugas, P.C. Mielnick, C. La Bine, R.H. Skinner, and J. Casson

Forests in the Global Carbon Cycle: Implications of Climate Change, M.J. Apps, P. Bernier, and J.S. Bhatti

Peatlands: Canada's Past and Future Carbon Legacy, D.H. Vitt

Linking Biomass Energy to Biosphere Greenhouse Gas Management, D.B. Layzell and J. Stephen

Ruminant Contributions to Methane and Global Warming - A

New Zealand Perspective, G.C. Waghorn and S.L. Woodward

Strategies for Reducing Enteric Methane Emissions in Forage-Based Beef Production Systems, K.H. Ominski and K.M. Wittenberg

Mitigating Environmental Pollution from Swine Production, A.L. Sutton, B.T. Richert, and B.C. Joern

Diet Manipulation to Control Odor and Gas Emissions from Swine Production, O.G. Clark, S. Moehn, J.D. Price, Y. Zhang, W.C. Sauer, B. Morin, J.J. Feddes, J.J. Leonard, J.K.A. Atakora, R.T. Zijlstra, I. Edeogu, and R.O. Ball

KNOWLEDGE GAPS AND CHALLENGES

Identifying and Addressing Knowledge Gaps and Challenges Involving Greenhouse Gases in Agriculture Systems under Climate Change, D. Burton and J. Sauvé

Knowledge Gaps and Challenges in Forest Ecosystems under Climate Change: A Look at the Temperate and Boreal Forests of North America, P.Y. Bernier and M.J. Apps

Knowledge Gaps and Challenges in Wetlands under Climate Change in Canada, B.G. Warner and T. Asada

ECONOMICS AND POLICY ISSUES

Economics of Forest and Agricultural Carbon Sinks, G. Cornelis van Kooten

SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture, Forest, and Wetland Ecosystems: Synthesis and Summary, J.M.R. Stone, J.S. Bhatti, and R. Lal

Climate Change and Terrestrial Ecosystem Management: Knowledge Gaps and Research Needs, I.E. Bauer, M.J. Apps, J.S. Bhatti, and R. Lal

Name: Climate Change and Managed Ecosystems (Hardback) – CRC Press 
Description: Edited by Jagtar Bhatti, Rattan Lal, Michael J. Apps, Mick A. PriceContributors: Alan L. Sutton, Barry G. Warner, Matt Sanderson, Linda Mortsch, Vern S. Baron, Ilka Bauer, Pierre Y. Bernier, Dave Burton, Grant Clark, Henry Hengeveld, Gerrit Hoogenboom, David B. Layzell, Kim Ominski, John Stone, G. Cornelis van Kooten, Dale Vitt, Garry C. Waghorn, John J. Feddes, Brad C. Joern, B. T. Richert, Taro Asada, J.K.A. Atakora, R.O. Ball, J. Casson, W.A. Dugas, I. Edeogu, Claude La Bine, Jerry J. Leonard, Soenke Moehn, Brent Morin, Jason D. Price, W.C. Sauer, Jilene Sauve, R. Howard Skinner, Jamie Stephen, Karin M. Wittenberg, Sharon L. Woodward, Yong Cheng Zhang, R.T. Zijlstra, G. Cornelis van Kooten. Featuring contributions from leading experts in the field, Climate Change and Managed Ecosystems examines the effects of global climate change on intensively constructed or reconstructed ecosystems, focusing on land use changes in relation to forestry,...
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