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- An up-to-date review of the effects of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide on agroecosystems, forests, and grasslands
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 187)
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Front Matter
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Case Studies
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Front Matter
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Processes
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Front Matter
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About this book
Managed ecosystems cover a large part of the Earth's land surface, provide almost all of our food and most of our wood and fibre, and are increasingly a source of renewable energy. Forecasting the ability of managed ecosystems to continue these vital roles in a globally changing environment is an inter-disciplinary challenge.
To elucidate the complex responses of managed systems to elevated [CO2], several free air carbon dioxide enrichment (FACE) facilities were established. These FACE systems allow large areas to be exposed to the elevated [CO2] we expect by the middle of the century. This volume summarizes the main findings from 13 experiments with annual crops, permanent pastures and plantation forests at 11 sites throughout the world during the past ten years. The results significantly alter our perception of how rising [CO2] will directly affect these managed ecosystems, with implications for policy, plant-breeding objectives and adaptation.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"Nösberger at al. have compiled the current experimental knowledge of the effects of atmospheric CO2 enrichment on managed ecosystems. … As an overall judgement, ‘Management Ecosystems and CO2’ can be recommended for anybody concerned with CO2 enrichment effects, from graduate students to senior researchers, as a valuable source of recent information. Reading also leaves some space to think about how we can further improve our knowledge." (Andreas Fangmeier, Basic and Applied Ecology, Issue 8, 2007)
Editors and Affiliations
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Institute of Plant Sciences, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
Josef Nösberger
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Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA
Stephen P. Long
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, USA
Richard J. Norby
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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Golm, Germany
Mark Stitt
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Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, USA
George R. Hendrey
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Institute of Plant Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland
Herbert Blum
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Managed Ecosystems and CO2
Book Subtitle: Case Studies, Processes, and Perspectives
Editors: Josef Nösberger, Stephen P. Long, Richard J. Norby, Mark Stitt, George R. Hendrey, Herbert Blum
Series Title: Ecological Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31237-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-31236-9Published: 22 June 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-06835-5Published: 20 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-31237-6Published: 18 August 2006
Series ISSN: 0070-8356
Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XL, 459
Topics: Pollution, general, Ecology, Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution, Geoecology/Natural Processes, Ecosystems, Agriculture