Chapter Authors and Affiliations ............................ ix
Acknowledgments ............................................ xix
Acronyms ................................................... xxi
I Introduction
1 Linking Land Use and the Carbon Cycle ........................ 3
DEREK T. ROBINSON, DANIEL G. BROWN, NANCY H.F. FRENCH, AND
BRADLEY C. REED
2 An Introduction to Carbon Cycle Science ..................... 24
GALINA CHURKINA
3 The Contribution of Land Use and Land-Use Change to the
Carbon Cycle ................................................ 52
R.A. HOUGHTON
4 An Economic Analysis of the Effect of Land Use on
Terrestrial Carbon Storage .................................. 77
ROBERT MENDELSOHN
II Measurement and Modeling
5 Remote Sensing for Mapping and Modeling of Land-Based
Carbon Flux and Storage ..................................... 95
NANCY H. F. FRENCH, LAURA. L. BOURGEAU-CHAVEZ, MICHAEL
J. FALKOWSKI, SCOTT J. GOETZ, LIZA K. JENKINS, PHILIP
CAMILL III, COLLIN S. ROESLER, AND DANIEL G. BROWN
6 Atmospheric Observations and Inverse Modeling Approaches
for Identifying Geographical Sources and Sinks of Carbon ... 144
ANNA M. MICHALAK
7 Limitations, Challenges, and Solutions to Integrating
Carbon Dynamics with Land-Use Models ....................... 178
TOM P. EVANS, DEREK T. ROBINSON, AND MIKAELA
SCHMITT-HARSH
8 Modeling for Integrating Science and Management ............ 209
VIRGINIA H. DALE AND KEITH L. KLINE
III Integrated Science and Research Applications
9 Carbon Emissions from Land-Use Change: Model Estimates
Using Three Different Data Sets ............................ 241
ATUL K. JAIN, PRASANTH MEIYAPPAN, AND TOSHA RICHARDSON
10 A System to Integrate Multiscaled Data Sources for
Improving Terrestrial Carbon Balance Estimates ............. 259
JORDAN GOLINKOFF AND STEVEN W. RUNNING
11 Simulating Biogeochemical Impacts of Historical Land-Use
Changes in the U.S. Great Plains from 1870 to 2003 ......... 287
WILLIAM J. PARTON, MYRON P. GUTMANN, MELANNIE D. HARTMAN,
EMILY R. MERCHANT, SUSAN M. LUTZ, AND STEPHEN
J. DEL GROSSO
12 Carbon Signatures of Development Patterns along
a Gradient of Urbanization ................................. 305
MARINA ALBERTI AND LUCY R. HUTYRA
IV Land Policy, Management, and the Carbon Cycle
13 Managing Carbon: Ecological Limits and Constraints ......... 331
R. CÉSAR IZAURRALDE, WILFRED M. POST, AND TRISTRAM
O. WEST
14 Effects of Wildland Fire Management on Forest Carbon
Stores ..................................................... 359
MATTHEW D. HURTEAU
15 Soil Carbon Dynamics in Agricultural Systems ............... 381
CYNTHIA A. CAMBARDELLA AND JERRY L. HATFIELD
16 U.S. Policies and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in
Agriculture ................................................ 403
CAROL ADAIRE JONES, CYNTHIA J. NICKERSON, AND NANCY
CAVALLARO
17 Opportunities and Challenges for Offsetting Greenhouse
Gas Emissions with Forests ................................. 431
TIMOTHY PEARSON AND SANDRA BROWN
18 Opportunities and Challenges for Carbon Management on
U.S. Public Lands .......................................... 455
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 ................................................. 477
LAUREN LESCH MARSHALL AND JOAN IVERSON NASSAUER
V Synthesis and Future Directions
20 Forests, Carbon, and the Global Environment: New
Directions in Research ..................................... 505
DAVID L. SKOLE, JAY H. SAMEK, WALTER CHOMENTOWSKI, AND
MICHAEL SMALLIGAN
21 Ecosystem Sustainability through Strategies of Integrated
Carbon and Land-Use Management ............................. 523
DENNIS OJIMA, JOSEP G. CANADELL, RICHARD CONANT,
CHRISTINE NEGRA, AND PETRA TSCHAKERT
22 Perspectives on Land-Change Science and Carbon Management .. 539
DANIEL G. BROWN, DEREK T. ROBINSON, AND NANCY H.F. FRENCH
Index ...................................................... 549
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