Vegetation and the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle: The First 400 Million Year by David Beerling (Author), F. Ian Woodward (Author)
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ISBN: 9780521801966
Publisher : Cambridge University Press, November 19, 2001
Hardcover, 416 pages
Plants have colonized and modified the world's surface for the past 400 million years. In this book the authors demonstrate that an understanding of the role of vegetation in the terrestrial carbon cycle during this time can be gained by linking the key mechanistic elements of present day vegetation processes to models of the global climate during different geological eras. The resulting interactive simulations of climate and vegetation processes tie in with observable geological data supporting the validity of the authors' approach.