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Title: CLIMATE CHANGE AND MANAGED ECOSYSTEMS.

Author
item BHATTI, J - CANADIAN FS/EDMONTON, AB
item LAL, R - OSU, COLUMBUS, OH
item APPS, M - CANADIAN FS/VICTORIA, BC
item PRICE, M - U OF ALBERTA/EDMONTON, AB

Submitted to: Complete Book
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/15/2006
Publication Date: 4/1/2006
Citation: 2006. Climate change and managed ecosystems. Complete Book. Taylor and Francis, CRC, Boca Raton, FL. 446 pp. ISBN-10:0-8493-3097-1.

Interpretive Summary: Information is provided about major climate regimes extending back 420,000 years, during the Holocene, and for the 20th century to provide a perspective about unprecedented increases in greenhouse gases (GHGs) and evidence of how human activities are now a forcing factor on the climate system. The chapters represent a diverse set of topics providing an overview of souce:sink relationships resulting from anthropogenic change and the global carbon cycle, a discussion of the plant/soil interface and climate change and carbon sequestration from a production perspective, carbon dynamics in agricultural soils, and plant species diversity in pasture production. The “Summary and Recommendations” address the impacts of climate change on agriculture, forest, and wetland ecosystems and knowledge gaps and research needs for terrestrial ecosystem management. Highly notable throughout the book is the effort by the chapter authors to provide up-to-date information by citing many recent publications.

Technical Abstract: The book addresses terrestrial biomes and agricultural, forestry, and wetland issues that occur especially within higher latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. Long-term records indicate that winter precipitation has been decreasing, while projected temperatures are expected to rise across Canada by as much as twice the global rate over the coming decades. Information is provided about major climate regimes back 420,000 years, during the Holocene, and for the 20th century to provide a perspective about unprecedented increases in greenhouse gases and evidence of how human activities are now a forcing factor on climate system. The chapters represent a diverse set of topics providing an overview of souce:sink relationships of anthropogenic change and the global carbon cycle, plant/soil interface and climate change and carbon sequestration from a production perspective, carbon dynamics in agricultural soils, and plant species diversity in pasture production. The “Summary and Recommendations” address the impacts of climate change on agriculture, forest, and wetland ecosystems and knowledge gaps and research needs for terrestrial ecosystem management. Highly notable throughout the book is the effort by the chapter authors to provide up-to-date information by citing many recent publications.