Research Catalog

Title

Biotic feedbacks in the global climatic system : will the warming feed the warming? / George M. Woodwell and Fred T. Mackenzie, editors.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, [1995], ©1995.

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Additional Authors

• Woodwell, G. M.
• Mackenzie, Fred T., 1934-

Description

xv, 416 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Subjects

• Ecosystem management
• Climatic changes
• Biotic communities
• Global warming

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Biotic Feedbacks from the Warming of the Earth / George M. Woodwell -- 2. Global Climatic Change: Climatically Important Biogenic Gases and Feedbacks / Fred T. Mackenzie -- 3. Plant Physiological Responses to Elevated CO[subscript 2], Temperature, Air Pollution, and UV-B Radiation / Leon Hartwell Allen, Jr. and Jeffrey S. Amthor -- 4. On the Potential for a CO[subscript 2] Fertilization Effect in Forests: Estimates of the Biotic Growth Factor, Based on 58 Controlled-Exposure Studies / Stan D. Wullschleger, W. M. Post and A. W. King -- 5. Indicators of Climatic and Biospheric Change: Evidence from Tree Rings / Gordon C. Jacoby and Rosanne D. D'Arrigo -- 6. Global Climate Change: Disturbance Regimes and Biospheric Feedbacks of Temperate and Boreal Forests / Werner A. Kurz, Michael J. Apps, Brian J. Stocks and W. Jan A. Volney -- 7. Permafrost and Vegetation Response to Global Warming in North Eurasia / A. A. Velichko, O. K. Borisova, E. M. Zelikson and V. P. Nechayev.
• 8. Soil Respiration and Changes in Soil Carbon Stocks / William H. Schlesinger -- 9. The Biogeochemistry of Northern Peatlands and Its Possible Responses to Global Warming / Eville Gorham -- 10. Methane Output from Natural and Quasi-Natural Sources: A Review of the Potential for Change and for Biotic and Abiotic Feedbacks / E. G. Nisbet and B. Ingham -- 11. Linkages between Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling and Their Implications for Storage of Carbon in Terrestrial Ecosystems / Eric A. Davidson -- 12. Biofeedback in the Ocean in Response to Climate Change / Gilbert T. Rowe and Jack G. Baldauf -- 13. Net Carbon Metabolism of Oceanic Margins and Estuaries / Stephen V. Smith -- 14. The Vanishing Climatic Role of Dimethyl Sulfide / R. J. Charlson -- 15. Implications of Increased Solar UV-B for Aquatic Ecosystems / Raymond C. Smith -- 16. Modeling Interactions of Carbon Dioxide, Forests, and Climate / Robert J. Luxmoore and Dennis B. Baldocchi.
• 17. Vegetation Geography and Global Carbon Storage Changes / I. Colin Prentice and Martin T. Sykes -- 18. CO[subscript 2]-Climate Feedbacks: Aspects of Detection / Ian G. Enting -- 19. Effects of Land-Use Change, Surface Temperature, and CO[subscript 2] Concentration on Terrestrial Stores of Carbon.

ISBN

0195086406 (alk. paper)

LCCN

94007773

OCLC

• 30032517
• ocm30032517

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries