The potential of U.S. grazing lands to sequester carbon and mitigate the greenhouse effect

Content: Foreword / H. Mayeux -- The Extent, General Characteristics, and Carbon Dynamics of U.S. Grazing Lands -- Introduction: The Characteristics and Extent of U.S. Grazing Lands / J.M. Kimble, R.F. Follett, R. Lal -- A Broad-Scale Perspective on the Extent, Distribution, and Characteristics of U.S. Grazing Lands / T.M. Sobecki, D.L. Moffitt, J. Stone, C.D. Franks, A.G. Mendenhall -- Organic Carbon Pools in Grazing Land Soils / R.F. Follett -- Inorganic Carbon Sequestration in Grazing Lands / H.C. Monger, J.J. Martinez-Rios -- Soil Processes, Plant Processes, and Carbon Dynamics on U.S. Grazing Land -- Exploiting Heterogeneity of Soil Organic Matter in Rangelands: Benefits for Carbon Sequestration / S.B. Bird, J.E. Herrick, M.M. Wander -- Root Biomass and Microbial Processes / J.D. Reeder, C.D. Franks, D.G. Milchunas -- Carbon Dioxide Fluxes over Three Great Plains Grasslands / A.B. Frank, P.L. Sims, J.A. Bradford, P.C. Mielnick, W.A. Dugas, H.S. Mayeux -- Carbon Sequestration in Arctic and Alpine Tundra and Mountain Meadow Ecosystems / K.L. Povirk, J.M. Welker, G.F. Vance -- Managerial and Environmental Impacts on U.S. Grazing Land -- Soil Erosion and Carbon Dynamics on Grazing Land / R. Lal -- The Physical Quality of Soil on Grazing Lands and Its Effects on Sequestering Carbon / R. Lal -- The Dynamics of Soil Carbon in Rangelands / G.E. Schuman, J.E. Herrick, H.H. Janzen -- The Effects of Pasture Management Practices / R.R. Schnabel, A.J. Franzluebbers, W.L. Stout, M.A. Sanderson, J.A. Stuedemann.