Vegetation and the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle: The First 400 Million Years

ISBN-13: 9780521801966 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 416 str.

D. J. Beerling; David Beerling; F. Ian Woodward

Opis

Plants have colonized and modified the world's surface for the past 400 million years. In this book the authors demonstrate that an understanding of the role of vegetation in the terrestrial carbon cycle during this time can be gained by linking the key mechanistic elements of present day vegetation processes to models of the global climate during different geological eras. The resulting interactive simulations of climate and vegetation processes tie in with observable geological data supporting the validity of the authors' approach.

Recenzje

'… an excellent reference to a new approach using data on vegetation and the carbon cycle.' Philip E. LaMoreaux, Environmental Geology

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Investigating the past from the present; 3. Climate and terrestrial vegetation of the present; 4. The global climate system and terrestrial carbon cycle; 5. The late Carboniferous; 6. The Jurassic; 6. The Cretaceous; 8. The Eocene; 9. The late Quaternary; 10. Climate and terrestrial vegetation in the future; 11. Endview; References; Index.