Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Investigating the past from the present; 3. Climate and terrestrial vegetation of the present; 4. The global climate system and terrestrial carbon cycle; 5. The late Carboniferous; 6. The Jurassic; 6. The Cretaceous; 8. The Eocene; 9. The late Quaternary; 10. Climate and terrestrial vegetation in the future; 11. Endview; References; Index.
An analysis of the Earth's vegetations and carbon cycle in the past and predictions for the future.
'The book is pioneering, thought provoking and scholarly ... if you are interested in plant-atmosphere interactions, then the book is worth reading.' Dennis Baldocchi, TRENDS in Ecology & Evolution '... pioneering, thought provoking and scholarly ... The bottom line is that, if you are interested in plant-atmosphere interactions, then this book is worth reading.' Dennis Baldocchi, TRENDS in Ecology and Evolution '... an excellent reference to a new approach using data on vegetation and the carbon cycle.' Philip E. LaMoreaux, Environmental Geology
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