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

Published New York, NY, USA : Springer, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 530 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Ecological studies Ecological studies. Contents PART 1. THE ATMOSPHERIC CO2 RECORD -- The rise of trees and how they changed Paleozoic atmospheric CO2, climate, and geology / Robert A. Berner -- Atmospheric CO2 during the late Paleozoic and Mesozoic: estimates from Indian soils / Prosenjit Ghosh [and others] -- Alkenone-based estimates of past CO2 levels: a consideration of their utility based on an analysis of uncertainties / Katherine H. Freeman, Mark Pagani -- Atmospheric CO2 data from ice cores: four climatic cycles / Thomas Blunier [and others] -- Atmospheric CO2 and ¹³CO2 exchange with the terrestrial biosphere and oceans from 1978 to 2000: observations and carbon cycle implications / Charles D. Keeling [and others] -- PART 2. BIOTIC RESPONSES TO LONG-TERM CHANGES IN ATMOSPHERIC CO2 -- Evolutionary responses of land plants to atmospheric CO2 / David J. Beerling -- Cretaceous CO2 decline and the radiation and diversification of angiosperms / Jennifer C. McElwain [and others] -- Influence of uplift, weathering, and base cation supply on past and future CO2 levels / Jacob R. Waldbauer, C. Page Chamberlain -- Atmospheric CO2, environmental stress, and the evolution of C4 photosynthesis / Rowan F. Sage -- The influence of atmospheric CO2, temperature, and water on the abundance of C3/C4 taxa / James R. Ehleringer -- Evolution and growth of plants in a low CO2 world / Joy K. Ward -- Environmentally driven dietary adaptations in African mammals / Thure E. Cerling [and others] -- Terrestrial mammalian herbivore response to declining levels of atmospheric CO2 during the Cenozoic: evidence from North American fossil horses (family Equidae) / Bruce J. MacFadden -- CO2, grasses, and human evolution / Nicholaas J. van der Merwe -- PART 3. ATMOSPHERIC CO2 AND MODERN ECOSYSTEMS -- The carbon cycle over the past 1000 years inferred from the inversion of ice core data / Cathy Trudinger [and others] -- Remembrance of weather past: ecosystem responses to climate variability / David Schimel [and others] -- Effects of elevated CO2 on keystone herbivores in modern arctic ecosystems / Scott R. McWilliams, James O. Leafloor -- PART 4. ECOSYSTEM RESPONSES TO A FUTURE ATMOSPHERIC CO2 -- Modern and future forests in a changing atmosphere / Richard J. Norby [and others] -- Modern and future semi-arid and arid ecosystems / M. Rebecca Shaw [and others] -- Effects of CO2 on plants at different timescales / Belinda E. Medlyn, Ross E. McMurtrie -- Herbivory in a world of elevated CO2 / Richard L. Lindroth, M. Denise Dearing -- Borehole temperatures nad climate change: a global perspective / Robert N. Harris, David S. Chapman Summary Extensive research in geology, atmospheric science, and paleontology provides a detailed history of CO2 in the atmosphere and an understanding of factors that have influenced changes in the past. This knowledge is used to illuminate the role of atmospheric CO2 in the modern carbon cycle and in the evolution of plants and animals. With an understanding of the history and dynamics of the biosphere, the authors address the future role of atmospheric CO2 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index In Springer e-books Subject Plants -- Effect of atmospheric carbon dioxide on. Atmospheric carbon dioxide -- Environmental aspects. Climatic changes Ecophysiology. Atmosphere. Trees. Weather. Plants. Botany. Human beings. Animals Humans Atmosphere Carbon Dioxide -- history Climate Change Herbivory Plants Trees Weather climate change. atmosphere. weather. vegetation. trees (woody plants) Homo sapiens (species) SCIENCE -- Chemistry -- Environmental. Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects. Ecophysiology. Plants -- Effect of atmospheric carbon dioxide on. Atmospheric carbon dioxide -- Environmental aspects. Biomédecine. Sciences de la vie. Weather Trees Plants Botany Atmosphere Atmospheric carbon dioxide -- Environmental aspects Climatic changes Ecophysiology Plants -- Effect of atmospheric carbon dioxide on Kooldioxide. Ecologische aspecten. Ecossistemas (processos) Genre/Form Geschiedenis (vorm) Form Electronic book Author Ehleringer, J. R Cerling, T. E Dearing, M. Denise (Maria-Denise) ISBN 0387220690 9780387220697 0387270485 9780387270487 6610263116 9786610263110

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