Title | Dynamics of carbon storage in degraded arid land environments: a case study from the Jornada experimental range, New Mexico, (USA) |
Publication Type | Conference Proceedings |
Year of Publication | 1995 |
Authors | Connin S.L, Virginia R.A, Page C, Huenneke L., Harrison K, Schlesinger W.H |
Editor | Squires VR, Glenn EP, Ayoub AT eds. |
Conference Name | Combating Global Climate Change By Combating Land Degradation |
Number of Volumes | pp |
Pagination | 132-148 |
Date Published | 1998 |
Publisher | The University of Arizona Press |
Conference Location | Nairobi, Kenya |
Call Number | 00772 |
Keywords | abstract, abstracts, carbon storage, soil, carbon, model, conference, conference proceedings, conferences, desertification, model, global change, carbon sequestration, model, desertification, proceeding, proceedings |
Abstract | This paper reviews spatial and temporal dynamics of carbon storage related to Holocene climatic change and recent shrub invasion (due to desertification) in the Jornada Basin, New Mexico (USA). It evaluates the role of regional climate history, vegetation distribution, and soil characteristics as controls on carbon cycling in this system. Ecosystem-level changes in above- and below-ground carbon pools in grassland and desertified shrub communities are compared to quantify changes in the net carbon balance associated with desertification. An assessment is made, in the context of the Jornada desertification model, of the potential opportunities to sequester carbon in drylands and to identify current research needs. |
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