This book offers a readable and accessible account of the way in which the world's plant life partly controls its own environment. Starting from the broad patterns in vegetation which have classically been seen as a passive response to climate, the authors build up from the local scale - with microclimates produced by plants - to the regional and global scale. The influence of plants (both on land and in the ocean) in making clouds, haze and rain are considered, along with plant effects on the composition of greenhouse gases in the earth's atmosphere. Broad global feedbacks that either stabilize or destabilize the earth's environment will be explored, in the context of environmental change in the recent geological past, and in the near future. Common contentions and misconceptions about the role of vegetation or forest removal in the spread of deserts will also be considered.
| ISBN: | 9783642008801 |
| Publication date: | 31st August 2009 |
| Author: | J M Adams |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 266 pages |
| Series: | Springer-Praxis Books in Environmental Sciences |
| Genres: |
Applied ecology Plant biology Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere Meteorology and climatology Earth sciences |
This book offers a readable and accessible account of the way in which the world's plant life partly controls its own environment. Starting from the broad patterns in vegetation which have classically been seen as a passive response to climate, the authors build up from the local scale - with microclimates produced by plants - to the regional and global scale. The influence of plants (both on land and in the ocean) in making clouds, haze and rain are considered, along with plant effects on the composition of greenhouse gases in the earth's atmosphere. Broad global feedbacks that either stabilize or destabilize the earth's environment will be explored, in the context of environmental change in the recent geological past, and in the near future. Common contentions and misconceptions about the role of vegetation or forest removal in the spread of deserts will also be considered.
Vegetation-Climate Interaction features in the following genres: Applied ecology, Plant biology, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Meteorology and climatology, Earth sciences
Vegetation-Climate Interaction is available in Hardback
Vegetation-Climate Interaction was written by J M Adams and published by Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Vegetation-Climate Interaction has 266 pages
Yes it is part of Springer-Praxis Books in Environmental Sciences series