Quantifying and Managing Soil Functions in Earth’s Critical Zone

Chapter One: Soil Functions in Earth's Critical Zone: Key Results and Conclusions

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Research Methods
• 3 Overview of Results
• 4 Discussion
• Acknowledgment

Chapter Two: Soil Water Characteristics of European SoilTrEC Critical Zone Observatories

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Material and Methods
• 3 Results
• 4 Discussion
• 5 Conclusion
• Acknowledgment
• Appendix

Chapter Three: Reduced Subsurface Lateral Flow in Agroforestry System Is Balanced by Increased Water Retention Capacity: Rainfall Simulation and Model Validation

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Materials and Methods
• 3 Results
• 4 Discussion
• 5 Conclusions
• Acknowledgments

Chapter Four: Interception of Subsurface Lateral Flow Through Enhanced Vertical Preferential Flow in an Agroforestry System Observed Using Dye-Tracing and Rainfall Simulation Experiments

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Materials and Methods
• 3 Results
• 4 Discussion
• 5 Conclusions
• Acknowledgments

Chapter Five: Effects of Dry and Wet Sieving of Soil on Identification and Interpretation of Microbial Community Composition

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Materials and Methods
• 3 Results
• 4 Discussion
• 5 Conclusions
• Acknowledgment

Chapter Six: Soil Mineralogy Changes With Different Agricultural Practices During 8-Year Soil Development From the Parent Material of a Mollisol

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Material and Methods
• 3 Results
• 4 Discussion
• 5 Conclusion
• Acknowledgments

Chapter Seven: Modeling Soil Aggregation at the Early Pedogenesis Stage From the Parent Material of a Mollisol Under Different Agricultural Practices

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Materials and Methods
• 3 Results
• 4 Discussion
• 5 Conclusion
• Acknowledgments

Chapter Eight: Quantifying the Incipient Development of Soil Structure and Functions Within a Glacial Forefield Chronosequence

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Site Description
• 3 Site Sampling and Analytical Methods
• 4 Input Parameters
• 5 Model Calibration
• 6 Results
• 7 Conclusions
• Acknowledgments

Chapter Nine: Factors Controlling Soil Structure Dynamics and Carbon Sequestration Across Different Climatic and Lithological Conditions

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Methodology and Methods
• 3 Results and Discussion
• 4 Conclusions
• Acknowledgment

Chapter Ten: Integrated Critical Zone Model (1D-ICZ): A Tool for Dynamic Simulation of Soil Functions and Soil Structure

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Methodology
• 3 Results and Discussion
• 4 Conclusions
• Acknowledgments

Chapter Eleven: Modeling the Impact of Carbon Amendments on Soil Ecosystem Functions Using the 1D-ICZ Model

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Materials and Methods
• 3 Results
• 4 Conclusions
• Acknowledgment

Chapter Twelve: Valuation of Soil Ecosystem Services

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Methodology
• 3 Results
• Acknowledgments

Chapter Thirteen: European Contribution Towards a Global Assessment of Agricultural Soil Organic Carbon Stocks

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Data and Methods
• 3 Results and Discussion
• 4 Conclusions
• Acknowledgments
• Appendix Agricultural Soil Organic Carbon Stocks, Countries