03426nam 2200709 a 450 991082095670332120200520144314.01-107-12290-21-280-43315-90-511-15475-50-511-17473-X0-511-04772-X97866104331550-511-54194-50-511-30373-4(CKB)111056485622482(EBL)202315(OCoLC)559423395(SSID)ssj0000266920(PQKBManifestationID)11254393(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000266920(PQKBWorkID)10303878(PQKB)11205539(UkCbUP)CR9780511541940(Au-PeEL)EBL202315(CaPaEBR)ebr10001841(CaONFJC)MIL43315(MiAaPQ)EBC202315(PPN)261307088(EXLCZ)9911105648562248220011029d2001 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierVegetation and the terrestrial carbon cycle modelling the first 400 million years /D.J. Beerling & F.I. Woodward1st ed.Cambridge Cambridge University Press20011 online resource (x, 405 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).0-521-80196-6 0-511-01627-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Investigating the past from the present -- Climate and terrestrial vegetation of the present -- The global climate system and terrestrial carbon cycle -- The late Carboniferous -- The Jurassic -- The Cretaceous -- The Eocene -- The late Quaternary -- Climate and terrestrial vegetation in the future -- Endview -- References -- Index.Plants have colonised and modified the World's surface for the last 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, such as the distributions of coals and evaporites, supporting the validity of the authors' approach. Simulation of possible conditions in future centuries are also presented, providing valuable predictions of the status of the Earth's vegetation and carbon cycle at a time of global warming.Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry)Mathematical modelsPlant ecologyMathematical modelsPaleoclimatologyMathematical modelsCarbon cycle (Biogeochemistry)Mathematical models.Plant ecologyMathematical models.PaleoclimatologyMathematical models.577.144015118Beerling D. J847005Woodward F. I65008MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820956703321Vegetation and the terrestrial carbon cycle4186970UNINA