Research Catalog

Title

The Greenhouse effect, climate change, and U.S. forests / edited by William E. Shands and John S. Hoffman.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Conservation Foundation, ©1987.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Shands, William E.
• Hoffman, John S. (John Steven), 1950-2012.
• Conservation Foundation.

Description

xiv, 304 pages : maps; 25 cm

Subject

• Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric > United States
• Forest meteorology > United States
• Forest management > United States
• Climatic changes > United States
• Trees > Climatic factors > United States
• Trees > Effect of atmospheric carbon dioxide on > United States
• Forest ecology > United States
• Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric
• Forest meteorology
• Forest management
• Climatic changes
• Trees > Climatic factors
• Trees-Effect of atmospheric carbon dioxide on
• Forest ecology
• Plants > Effect of carbon dioxide on > United States
• Plants > Effect of carbon dioxide on
• Greenhouse Effect
• Climate Change
• climate change
• Plants > Effect of carbon dioxide on
• Climatic changes
• Forest ecology
• Forest management
• Forest meteorology
• Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric
• Trees > Climatic factors
• Trees > Effect of atmospheric carbon dioxide on
• Treibhauseffekt
• Klimaänderung
• Wald
• Aufsatzsammlung
• United States
• USA

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies.

Contents

Foreword / William K. Reilly -- Overview / William E. Shands and John Bruce Wells -- Time to prepare for global climate change / Walter Orr Roberts -- Forests: past and projected changes in greenhouse gases / John S. Hoffman and John Bruce Wells -- Forests -- the momentum for a greenhouse effect: physical, economic, and political limits to curtailing the magnitude of global warming / John S. Hoffman and John Bruce Wells -- Evidence for future warming: how large and when? / James Hansen, Andrew Lacis, David Rind, Gary Russell, Inez Fung, and Sergej Lebedeff -- Predicting regional climate change: improving the models / David Rind -- An approach for generating climate change hypotheticals given limitations in current climate models / Michael J. Gibbs and John S. Hoffman -- Rising carbon dioxide, climate change, and forest management: an overview / Robin Sandenburgh, Carol Taylor, and John S. Hoffman -- Effects of carbon dioxide-induced climate changes on the natural ranges of six major commercial tree species in the western United States / Jerry W. Leverenz and Deborah J. Lev -- Effect of rising carbon dioxide and potential climate change on loblolly pine distribution, growth, survival, and productivity / W. Frank Miller, Philip M. Dougherty, and George L. Switzer -- Simulating forest ecosystem responses to expected climate change in eastern North America: applications to decision making in the forest industry / Allen M. Solomon and Darrell C. West -- Effects of increasing carbon dioxide concentration on the physiology and growth of forest trees / Paul J. Kramer and Nasser Sionit -- How forest products companies can respond to rising carbon dioxide and climate change / Robin Sandenburgh, Carol Taylor, and John S. Hoffman -- A conceptual framework for assessing impacts of carbon dioxide change on forest industries / Dietmar W. Rose, Alan R. Ek, and Keith L. Belli -- Potential impact of carbon dioxide-induced climate change on management of douglas-fir and western hemlock / James N. Woodman -- Breeding strategies in forest tree populations to buffer against elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide levels / R.C. Kellison and R.J. Weir -- Forestry research needs and strategies / J. Charles Lee and Paul J. Kramer.

ISBN

• 0891640967
• 9780891640967

LCCN

86024105

OCLC

• ocm14357321
• 14357321
• SCSB-1172263

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library