Terrestrial Carbon Management Data Sets and Analyses

Carbon Accumulation with Cropland Management

• Influence of Agricultural Management on Soil Organic Carbon: A Compendium and Assessment of Canadian Studies (VandenBygaart et al., Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
• Soil Carbon Sequestration by Tillage and Crop Rotation: A Global Data Analysis (West and Post, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
• Preliminary Estimates of the Potential for Carbon Mitigation in European Soils Through No-Till Farming (Smith et al., University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
• Potential for Carbon Sequestration in European Soils: Preliminary Estimates for Five Scenarios Using Results from Long-Term Experiments (Smith et al., University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom)

Carbon Accumulation with Grassland Management

• Grassland Management and Conversion into Grassland: Effects on Soil Carbon (Conant et al., Colorado State University)

Carbon Loss Following Cultivation

• Changes in Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen as a Result of Cultivation (Post and Mann, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
• Changes in Soil Carbon Storage After Cultivation (Mann, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Carbon Accumulation Following Afforestation

• Changes in Soil Carbon Following Afforestation (Paul et al., Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia)
• Soil Carbon Sequestration and Land-Use Change: Processes and Potential (Post and Kwon, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Carbon Sources and Sinks Associated with U.S. Cropland Production

• Estimating Regional Changes in Soil Carbon with High Spatial Resolution (West et al, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
• Energy Use and Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Cropland Production in the United States, 1990-2004 (Nelson et al., Kansas State University)
• Carbon uptake (NPP) and removal (harvest) for US Croplands (West, T.O., Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
• The Human Carbon Budget: An Estimate of the Spatial Distribution of Metabolic Carbon Consumption and Release in the United States (West et al., Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
   
• Livestock CO₂ Emissions (West, T.O., Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)