Climate Change Impacts on Plant Biomass Growth (eBook)

Mohammad Ali (Autor)

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2012 | 2013
X, 114 Seiten
Springer Netherland (Verlag)
978-94-007-5370-9 (ISBN)

Infos

This book offers a methodical explanation of our biomass-driven ecosystem, the undeniable uncertainties posed by the response of vegetation to changes in environmental conditions and the fact that humans everywhere have an interest, even an obligation, to cooperate in a global campaign to combat climate change.

Inhalt

ContentsI.  Introduction2. Climate Change: What is in the Name2.1. Temporal Dimension2.2. Spatial Dimension2.3 Event Dimension2.4. Umbrella Concept3. The Greenhouse Effect3.2. Impact of Greenhouse Gases3.2.1 Carbon Dioxide (CO2)3.2.2. Methane3.2.3. Oxides of Nitrogen3.2.4. Anthropocentric Source of N3.3. Greenhouse Gases and the Ozone Layer3.3.1. Reaction of Greenhouse Gases with O33.4. Perception of Greenhouse Effect4. Effects of Climate Change on Vegetation4.1. The Effect of Increasing CO2 on Vegetation4.1.1. Aerial Fertilization4.1.2. Physiological Processes Associated with Enriched CO24.1.3. Effect of Enriched CO2 on the Photosynthetic Process4.1.4. Individual Plant Response to Photosynthetic Change4.1.5. Allocation of Carbon to Shoot4.1.6. Carbon Allocation to Roots4.1.7. Other Responses4.2. The Effect of Increasing CO2 on the Distribution of Organic Matter and Nitrogen Cycling4.5. Interaction of CO2 with Other Elements5: Role of Vegetation in Reducing CO25.1 The Vegetation Carbon Balance5.2. Control Dynamics of C by N5.3. Growth Enhancement and Reduction of Carbon5.4. Human Impact on C Dynamics6: The Carbon Balance in the Managed Forest6.1. Role of Forest Trees and Their Products6.1.1. The Forest Floor6.1.2. The Tree C Pool6.1.3. Impact of Harvesting on Carbon Pool6.1.4. Carbon in Wood Products6.2 The Soil Carbon Cycle6.2.1 Litter and Slash Input6.2.2. Decomposition7. Short and Long Term Resolution7.1 Aspects of Source-Sink Activity7.2 Aspects of Plant Growth7.3. Climate Change Induced Variation7.4. Aspects of Socio-Economic Conditions7.5. Aspects of Management Change7.5.1. Plant Selection and Breeding7.5.2. Cultural Practice8. Environmental Regulations on Activities Associated with Enhanced Co2 Concentrations8.2. Precipitation/Water Availability8.3. Effects of Elevation and Aspect8.4. Effects of Drought Conditions8.5. Effects of Canopy Cover8.6. Effects of Forest8.7. Ecological Issues8.8. Environmental Conditions and Growth Partitioning8.9. Derived Effects of CO28.9.1. Nutrient Availability8.9.2. Carbon Sequestering8.9.3. Plant Animal Interaction8.9.4. Plant-Plant Competition9. Perspective of Climate Change in Bangladesh9.1. Emission Problems under the Socio-economic Situation of Bangladesh9.2. Outline of Climate Change Related Problems of Bangladesh10. Conclusions

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.9.2012
• Zusatzinfo: X, 114 p.
• Verlagsort: Dordrecht
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
• Schlagworte: climate change • Climate change impacts • Emission • Environment • global warming • Greenhouse Gas
• ISBN-10: 94-007-5370-5 / 9400753705
• ISBN-13: 978-94-007-5370-9 / 9789400753709