Land use and the carbon cycle : advances in integrated science, management, and policy

Preface Tony Janetos and Chris Field Part I. Introduction: 1. Linking land use and the carbon cycle Derek T. Robinson, Daniel G. Brown, Nancy H. F. French and Bradley C. Reed 2. An introduction to carbon cycle science Galina Churkina 3. The contribution of land-use and land-use change to the carbon cycle R. A. Houghton 4. An economic analysis of the effect of land use on terrestrial carbon storage Robert Mendelsohn Part II. Measurement and Modeling: 5. Remote sensing for mapping and modeling land-based carbon flux and storage Nancy H. F. French, Laura. L. Bourgeau-Chavez, Michael J. Falkowski, Scott Goetz, Liza K. Jenkins, Richard B. Powell, Philip Camill and Collin S. Roesler 6. Identifying geographical sources and sinks of carbon from atmospheric observations A. M. Michalak 7. Overview of current limitations, challenges, and solutions to integrating carbon dynamics with land-use models Tom P. Evans, Mikaela Schmitt-Harsh and Derek T. Robinson 8. Modeling for integrating science and management Virginia H. Dale and Keith L. Kline Part III. Integrated Science and Research Applications: 9. Carbon emissions from land-use change: model estimates using three different datasets Atul Jain, Prasanth Meiyappan and Tosha Richardson 10. A system to integrate multi-scaled data sources for improving terrestrial carbon balance estimates Jordan Golinkoff and Steve Running 11. Simulating biogeochemical impacts of historical land-use changes in the U.S. Great Plains from 1870 to 2003 William J. Parton, Myron P. Gutmann, Melannie D. Hartman, Emily R. Merchant, Susan M. Lutz and Stephen J. DelGrosso 12. Carbon signatures of development patterns along a gradient of urbanization Marina Alberti and Lucy Hutyra Part IV. Land Policy, Management, and the Carbon Cycle: 13. Managing carbon: ecological limits and constraints R. Cesar Izaurralde, Wilfred M. Post and Tristram O. West 14. Effects of wildland fire management on carbon stores Matthew D. Hurteau 15. Soil carbon dynamics in agricultural systems Cynthia A. Cambardella and Jerry L. Hatfield 16. U.S. policies and greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture Carol Adaire Jones, Cynthia J. Nickerson and Nancy Cavallaro 17. Opportunities and challenges for offsetting greenhouse gas emissions with forests Sandra Brown and Timothy Pearson 18. Opportunities and challenges for carbon management on U.S. public lands Lisa Dilling, Richard Birdsey and Yude Pan 19. Design and planning of residential landscapes to manage the carbon cycle: invention and variation in land use and land cover Lauren Lesch Marshall and Joan I. Nassauer Part V. Synthesis and Future Directions: 20. Forests, carbon, and the global environment: new directions in research David L. Skole, Jay Samek, Michael Smalligan, Walter Chomentowski and Oscar Castaneda 21. Carbon cycle sustainability and land use Dennis Ojima, Josep G. Canadell, Richard Conant, Christine Negra and Petra Tschakert 22. Synthesis, lessons, and what the future holds Daniel G. Brown, Nancy H. F. French, Bradley C. Reed and Derek T. Robinson.