Includes bibliographical references.

The extent, general characteristics, and carbon dynamics of U.S. forest soils. Introduction and general description of U.S. forests / John M. Kimble, Richard A. Birdsey, Rattan Lal, Linda S. Heath -- Current and historical trends in use, management, and disturbance of U.S. forestlands / Richard A. Birdsey, George M. Lewis -- Carbon trends in U.S. forestlands : a context for the role of soils in forest carbon sequestration / Linda S. Heath, James E. Smith, James E. Smith, Richard A. Birdsey -- Quantifying the organic carbon held in forested soils of the United States and Puerto Rico / Mark G. Johnson, Jeffrey S. Kern -- Techniques to measure and strategies to monitor forest soil carbon / Craig J. Palmer -- Soil processes and carbon dynamics. Carbon cycling in forest ecosystems with an emphasis on belowground processes / Kurt S. Pregitzer -- Forest soil ecology and soil organic carbon / Sherri J. Morris, Eldor A. Paul -- Global change and forest soils / John Hom-- Processes affecting carbon storage in the forest floor and in downed woody debris / William S. Currie, Ruth D. Yanai, Kathryn B. Piatek, Cindy E. Prescott, Christine L. Goodale -- Impacts of natural disturbance on soil carbon dynamics in forest ecosystems / Steven T. Overby, Stephen C. Hart, Daniel G. Neary -- Management impacts on U.S. forest soils. Soil erosion in forest ecosystems and carbon dynamics / William J. Elliot -- Impact of soil restoration, management, and land-use history on forest-soil carbon / Wilfred M. Post -- Fire and fire-suppression impacts on forest-soil carbon / Deborah Page-Dumroese, Martin F. Jurgensen, Alan E. Harvey -- Soil carbon sequestration and forest management : challenges and opportunities / Coeli M. Hoover -- Management impact on compaction in forest soils / Rattan Lal -- Specific forest ecosystems. Soil carbon in permafrost-dominated boreal forests / John Hom -- Soil carbon distribution in high-elevation forests of the United States / James G. Bockheim -- Soil carbon in arid and semiarid forest ecosystems / Daniel G. Neary, Steven T. Overby, Stephen C. Hart -- Carbon cycling in wetland forest soils / Carl C. Trettin, Marty F. Jurgensen -- Carbon storage in North American agroforestry systems / P.K. Ramachandran Nair, Vimala D. Nair -- Soil carbon in urban forest ecosystems / Richard V. Pouyat, Jonathan Russell-Anelli, Ian D. Yesilonis, Peter M. Groffinan -- Soil organic carbon in tropical forests of the United States of America / Whendee L. Silver, Ariel E. Lugo, Delphine Farmer -- Synthesis and policy implications. The potential of U.S. forest soils to sequester carbon / Linda S. Heath, John M. Kimble, Richard A. Birdsey, Rattan Lal -- Economic analysis of soil carbon in afforestation and forest management decisions / Brent Sohngen, Ralph Alig, Suk-won Choi -- Research and development priorities for carbon sequestration in forest soils / Rattan Lal, John M. Kimble, Richard A. Birdsley, Linda S. Heath.