Climate change, air pollution and global challenges understanding and perspectives from forest research

There are significant pressures from climate change and air pollution that forests currently face. This book aims to increase understanding of the state and potential of forest ecosystems to mitigate and adapt to climate change in a polluted environment. It reconciles process-oriented research, long...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Matyssek, Rainer, author (author), Matyssek, Rainer, editor of compilation (editor of compilation)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Elsevier 2013.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Developments in environmental science ; 13.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627940006719
Table of Contents:
  • part I. Introduction into the scope and structure of the book
  • part II. Interactions between trace gases, climate change, and vegetation
  • part III. Significance of biotic processes in forest ecosystem response
  • part IV. Mechanistic and diagnostic understanding for risk assessment and up-scaling
  • part V. Global dimension of air pollution as part of climate change
  • part VI. The potential of "supersites" for research on forest ecosystems
  • part VII. Knowledge transfer and socio-economic aspects
  • part VIII. Synopsis.