Managed Ecosystems and CO2 : Case Studies, Processes, and Perspectives

Josef Nösberger

ISBN 10: 3540312366 / ISBN 13: 9783540312369

Editore: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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.

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• Titolo: Managed Ecosystems and CO2 : Case Studies, Processes, and Perspectives
• Editore: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3540312366
• ISBN 13: 9783540312369
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 241 L x 160 A x 33 P (millimetri) 241 millimetri di larghezza per 160 millimetri di altezza per 33 millimetri di profonditā
• Peso: 916 grammi

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Riassunto

This book provides an up-to-date review of the effects of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide on agroecosystems, forests, and grasslands. It 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.

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"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)