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A History of Atmospheric CO2 and Its Effects on Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems
Edited by Ehleringer, James R.; Cerling, Thure E.; Dearing, M.Denise
Springer
2005
Hardcover XVIII + 534 pp. ISBN 0387220690
£99.00
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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.
Contents
Preface
Contributors
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, S.K. Bhattacharya, and Parthasarathi Ghosh
- Alkenone-Based Estimates of Past CO2 Levels:
A Consideration of Their Utility Based on an Analysis
of Uncertainties,
Katherine H. Freeman and Mark Pagani
- Atmospheric CO2 Data from Ice Cores:
Four Climatic Cycles,
Thomas Blunier, Eric Monnin, and Jean-Marc Barnola
- Atmospheric CO2 and 13CO2 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
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, K.J. Willis, and R. Lupia
- Influence of Uplift, Weathering, and Base Cation Supply
on Past and Future CO2 Levels,
Jacob R. Waldbauer and 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, John M. Harris, and Meave G. Leakey
- 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, Ian Enting, David Etheridge, Roger Francey,
and Peter Rayner
- Remembrance of Weather Past: Ecosystem Responses to
Climate Variability,
David Schimel, Galina Churkina, Bobby H. Braswell, and
James Trenbath
- Effects of Elevated CO2 on Keystone Herbivores in
Modern Arctic Ecosystems,
Scott R. McWilliams and James O. Leafloor
Part 4. Ecosystem Responses to a Future Atmospheric CO2
- Modern and Future Forests in a Changing Atmosphere,
Richard J. Norby, Linda A. Joyce, and Stan D. Wullschleger
- Modern and Future Semi-Arid and Arid Ecosystems,
M. Rebecca Shaw, Travis E. Huxman, and
Christopher P. Lund
- Effects of CO2 on Plants at Different Timescales,
Belinda E. Medlyn and Ross E. McMurtrie
- Herbivory in a World of Elevated CO2
Richard L. Lindroth and M. Denise Dearing
- Borehole Temperatures and Climate Change:
A Global Perspective,
Robert N. Harris and David S. Chapman
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