Vegetation and the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle: The First 400 Million Years (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521801966)

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.

Author: David Beerling, F. Ian Woodward
ISBN-10: 0521801966
ISBN-13: 9780521801966
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/18/2001
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.35lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.00w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2002 pg. 1794