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Physical and Biological Processes Controlling Soil C Dynamics

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Part of the book series: Sustainable Agriculture Reviews ((SARV,volume 33))

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Globally, land use change and management have declined soil organic carbon (SOC), thus emitting more CO2 contributing to global warming. Here we review factors that control the fate of soil organic carbon. We found that dry tropical soils are considerably away from carbon saturation, and thus have the potential for high carbon sequestration, if managed properly. Integrated indicators have been set up, such as relative availability of inorganic nitrogen pools, carbon management index, macro-aggregate water stability and metabolic quotient. For example, the relative, rather than absolute, availability of inorganic nitrogen pools has been found associated with resource conservation mechanisms in soils.

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