Research Catalog

Title

A history of atmospheric CO₂ and its effects on plants, animals, and ecosystems / James R. Ehleringer, Thure E. Cerling, M. Denise Dearing, editors.

Publication

New York : Springer, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors

• Ehleringer, J. R.
• Cerling, T. E.
• Dearing, M. Denise (Maria-Denise)

Description

xviii, 530 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm.

Summary

"With an understanding of the history and dynamics of the biosphere, the authors address the future role of atmospheric CO[subscript 2] and its likely effects on ecosystems. This book incorporates the advances of various earth-science, environmental, and ecological fields into an overall account of global change and the changing dynamics of life on Earth."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Ecological studies ; v. 177

Uniform Title

Ecological studies ; v. 177.

Subjects

• Plants > Effect of atmospheric carbon dioxide on
• Climatic changes
• Atmospheric carbon dioxide > Environmental aspects
• Ecophysiology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. The rise of trees and how they changed paleozoic atmospheric CO[subscript 2], climate, and geology / Robert A. Berner -- 2. Atmospheric CO[subscript 2] during the late paleozoic and mesozoic : estimates from Indian soils / Prosenjit Ghosh, S. K. Bhattacharya and Parthasarathi Ghosh -- 3. Alkenone-based estimates of past CO[subscript 2] levels : a consideration of their utility based on an analysis of uncertainties / Katherine H. Freeman and Mark Pagani -- 4. Atmospheric CO[subscript 2] data from ice cores : four climatic cycles / Thomas Blunier, Eric Monnin and Jean-Marc Barnola -- 5. Atmospheric CO[subscript 2] and [superscript 13]CO[subscript 2] exchange with the terrestrial biosphere and oceans from 1978 to 2000 : observations and carbon cycle implications / Charles D. Keeling, Stephen C. Piper, Robert B. Bacastow, Martin Wahlen, Timothy P. Whorf, Martin Heimann and Harro A. Meijer -- 6. Evolutionary responses of land plants to atmospheric CO[subscript 2] / David J. Beerling -- 7. Cretaceous CO[subscript 2] decline and the radiation and diversification of angiosperms / Jennifer C. McElwain, K. J. Willis and R. Lupia -- 8. Influence of uplift, weathering, and base cation supply on past and future CO[subscript 2] levels / Jacob R. Waldbauer and C. Page Chamberlain -- 9. Atmospheric CO[subscript 2], environmental stress, and the evolution of C[subscript 4] photosynthesis / Rowan F. Sage -- 10. The influence of atmospheric CO[subscript 2], temperature, and water on the abundance of C[subscript 3]/C[subscript 4] taxa / James R. Ehleringer -- 11. Evolution and growth of plants in a low CO[subscript 2] world / Joy K. Ward -- 12. Environmentally driven dietary adaptations in African mammals / Thure E. Cerling, John M. Harris and Meave G. Leakey -- 13. Terrestrial mammalian herbivore response to declining levels of atmospheric CO[subscript 2] during the cenozoic : evidence from North American fossil horses (family equidae) / Bruce J. MacFadden -- 14. CO[subscript 2], grasses, and human evolution / Nicholaas J. van der Merwe -- 15. The carbon cycle over the past 1000 years inferred from the inversion of ice core data / Cathy Trudinger, Ian Enting, David Etheridge, Roger Francey and Peter Rayner -- 16. Remembrance of weather past : ecosystem responses to climate variability / David Schimel, Galina Churkina, Bobby H. Braswell and James Trenbath -- 17. Effects of elevated CO[subscript 2] on keystone herbivores in modern arctic ecosystems / Scott R. McWilliams and James O. Leafloor -- 18. Modern and future forests in a changing atmosphere / Richard J. Norby, Linda A. Joyce and Stan D. Wullschleger -- 19. Modern and future semi-arid and arid ecosystems / M. Rebecca Shaw, Travis E. Huxman and Christopher P. Lund -- 20. Effects of CO[subscript 2] on plants at different timescales / Belinda E. Medlyn and Ross E. McMurtrie -- 21. Herbivory in a world of elevated CO[subscript 2] / Richard L. Lindroth and M. Denise Dearing -- 22. Borehole temperatures and climate change : a global perspective / Robert N. Harris and David S. Chapman.

ISBN

0387220690 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2004052207

OCLC

• ocm55765348
• SCSB-5169441

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries