- Title Pages
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
-
One Introduction -
Two Systematics of California Grasses (Poaceae) -
Three Community Classification and Nomenclature -
Four Pleistocene and Pre-European Grassland Ecosystems -
Five Native American Uses and Management of California’s Grasslands -
Six Ecology of Invasive Non-native Species in California Grassland -
Seven Water Relations -
Eight Mechanisms Determining Patterns of Nutrient Dynamics -
Nine Soil Biology and Carbon Sequestration in Grasslands -
Ten Resource Limitation -
Eleven Genes on the Range -
Twelve Serpentine Grasslands -
Thirteen Competitive Interactions -
Fourteen Dynamics of Woody Species in the California Grassland -
Fifteen Ecology of Native Animals in California Grasslands -
Sixteen History and Ecology of Feral Pig Invasions in California Grasslands -
Seventeen Grazing Ecology of California Grasslands -
Eighteen Fire in California Grasslands -
Nineteen Responses to Changing Atmosphere and Climate -
Twenty Grazing Management on California’s Mediterranean Grasslands -
Twenty One California Grassland Restoration -
Twenty Two Exotic Plant Management in California Annual Grasslands -
Twenty Three Regulatory Protection and Conservation -
Twenty Four Epilogue - References
- Index
Soil Biology and Carbon Sequestration in Grasslands
Soil Biology and Carbon Sequestration in Grasslands
- Chapter:
- (p.107) Nine Soil Biology and Carbon Sequestration in Grasslands
- Source:
- California Grasslands
- Author(s):
Louise E. Jackson
Martin Potthoff
Kerri L. Steenwerth
Anthony T. O’geen
Mark R. Stromberg
Kate M. Scow
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
This chapter describes soil conditions that support grasslands in California and discusses how land use history in California has influenced soil biology and soil organic C cycling. It begins by describing California soils that support grasslands and considers some of the soil factors that influence the potential vs. actual distribution of grasslands in the state. Then, some examples of relationships between soil organic C cycling and the composition of microbial and plant communities are described after conversions from grasslands to cultivated agriculture, and vice versa. Recent research that utilizes agricultural practices to restore native perennial grasslands from annual grasslands is also included. The chapter concludes with some implications of future land use change on grassland soils and management.
Keywords: soil conditions, grasslands, land use, soil biology, C cycling, agricultural practices, native perennial grasslands, annual grasslands
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- Title Pages
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
-
One Introduction -
Two Systematics of California Grasses (Poaceae) -
Three Community Classification and Nomenclature -
Four Pleistocene and Pre-European Grassland Ecosystems -
Five Native American Uses and Management of California’s Grasslands -
Six Ecology of Invasive Non-native Species in California Grassland -
Seven Water Relations -
Eight Mechanisms Determining Patterns of Nutrient Dynamics -
Nine Soil Biology and Carbon Sequestration in Grasslands -
Ten Resource Limitation -
Eleven Genes on the Range -
Twelve Serpentine Grasslands -
Thirteen Competitive Interactions -
Fourteen Dynamics of Woody Species in the California Grassland -
Fifteen Ecology of Native Animals in California Grasslands -
Sixteen History and Ecology of Feral Pig Invasions in California Grasslands -
Seventeen Grazing Ecology of California Grasslands -
Eighteen Fire in California Grasslands -
Nineteen Responses to Changing Atmosphere and Climate -
Twenty Grazing Management on California’s Mediterranean Grasslands -
Twenty One California Grassland Restoration -
Twenty Two Exotic Plant Management in California Annual Grasslands -
Twenty Three Regulatory Protection and Conservation -
Twenty Four Epilogue - References
- Index
