Vegetation and the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle

The First 400 Million Years

Omschrijving

Using knowledge of present day vegetation processes and models of global climate, the authors simulate and analyse changes in the earth's vegetation and in the capacity of the Earth's carbon cycle over the past 400 million years. Possible conditions in future centuries are also investigated, providing valuable predictions. Preface vii Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1(8) Investigating the past from the present 9(14) Climate and terrestrial vegetation 23(30) Climate and terrestrial vegetation of the present 53(47) The late Carboniferous 100(35) The Jurassic 135(48) The Cretaceous 183(55) The Eocene 238(42) The Quaternary 280(60) Climate and terrestrial vegetation in the future 340(13) Endview 353(8) References 361(34) Index 395
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Beerling, David (University of Sheffield), Woodward, F. Ian (University of Sheffield)
Titel
Vegetation and the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle
Uitgever
Cambridge University Press
Jaar
2001
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
416
Gewicht
1089 gr
EAN
9780521801966
Afmetingen
248 x 178 x 25 mm
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