Book ID: 78641
Beerling, David and F. Ian Wodward (eds.)
Vegetation and the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle. The First 400 Million Years. 2001. illus. X, 405 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
The authors demonstrate that the role of vegetation in the terrestrialcarbon cycle during this time can be analysed by considering the keyelements of present day vegetation processes linked to models of theglobal climate during different geological eras. Simulation ofpossible conditions in future centuries are also presented, providingpredictions of the status of the Earth's vegetation and carbon cycleat the time of global warming.