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Vegetation & the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle: The First 400 Million Years

By David Beerling , F. Ian Woodward

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2001
ISBN
0521801966, 9780521801966, 9780511016271
Open Library ID
OL17256945M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6234687 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
416\416
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Plants have colonized and modified the world's surface for the past 400 million years. In this book the authors demonstrate that an understanding of the role of vegetation in the terrestrial carbon cycle during this time can be gained by linking the key mechanistic elements of present day vegetation processes to models of the global climate during different geological eras. The resulting interactive simulations of climate and vegetation processes tie in with observable geological data supporting the validity of the authors' approach.

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