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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.

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Author:   Jonathan Adams
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   2nd ed. 2009
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.702kg
ISBN:  

9783642008801

ISBN 10:   3642008801
Pages:   266
Publication Date:   31 August 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Aus den Rezensionen: In weiten Teilen der Geo- aber auch der Biowissenschaften ist die 'klassische' Sichtweise noch immer weit verbreitet, dass ! das Klima ! die Verbreitung von Pflanzen bestimmt. Dass die Vegetation umgekehrt auch einen Einfluss auf das Klima hat ... wird leider meist ubersehen ! Das vorliegende Werk will diesen Missstand beheben ! Der Verfasser bemuht sich, die teilweise recht komplexen Inhalte und Zusammenhange in einfachen und eher allgemein verstandlichen Worten darzustellen ! Das Werk ist dadurch ! durchweg sehr gut lesbar und ! auch fur Nicht-Spezialisten verstandlich ! (D. Uhl, in: Zentralblatt fur Geologie und Palaontologie Teil II, 2008, Issue 1-2, S. 69 f.)

From the reviews: <p> Vegetation-Climate Interaction is a wonderfully simple yet elegant treatise on how vegetation patterns are closely linked to the global environment. a ] The book is liberally laced with useful figures and photos that contribute greatly to making the complex topics understandable. All in all, this volume is likely to become a staple for both the vegetation and climate change communities, and for meteorologically oriented scientists. It would be a perfect primer for qualifier exams in these fields. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels. (D. F. Karnosky, CHOICE, Vol. v4 (3), November, 2007)

Author Information

Jonathan Adams has a very diverse background in the environmental sciences, including biogeography, classical ecology, Quaternary geology and earth system science. He has published in international journals on all of these topics and collaborated with some of the best known scientists in these fields. He has also organized meetings and edited special issues of journals on earth system science. Thus, he has the inter-disciplinary knowledge necessary to tackle a subject as far-reaching and many-faceted as vegetation-climate interactions, on a range of spatial scales and time scales.  

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