Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration has increased globally from about 280 ppm before the Industrial Revolution (Pearman 1988) to about 353 ppm in 1990. That increase, and the continuing increase at a rate of about 1.5 ppm per annum, owing mainly to fossil fuel burning, is likely to cause change in climate, in primary productivity of terrestrial vegetation (managed and unmanaged), and in the degree of net sequestration of atmospheric CO into organic form. The quantitative role 2 of the latter in attenuating the increase in atmospheric CO concentration itself is 2 an important but uncertain element of the global carbon-cycle models that are required to predict future increases of atmospheric CO concentration. 2 In my experience in workshops and other multidisciplinary gatherings, argument arises in discussion of this topic among different groups of scientists such as bioclimatologists, plant physiologists, biogeochemists and ecologists. Plant concentration physiologists are often impressed by the positive effect of higher CO 2 on plant growth under experimental controlled environments and argue that this would be at least partly expressed in the field for many species and communities.
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Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg Gmbh & Co. Kg
ISBN-13
9783642634819
eBay Product ID (ePID)
190507152
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Natural Science
Author
E.A.N. Greenwood, R.M. Gifford, R.L. Desjardins, T. Nilson
Publication Name
Advances in Bioclimatology 1
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Geology, Botany, Biology
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
157 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Volume
1
Item Weight
272g
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Title_Author
T. Nilson, R.L. Desjardins, E.A.N. Greenwood, R.M. Gifford
Series Title
Advances in Bioclimatology
Country/Region of Manufacture
Germany
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