The global carbon cycle and climate change : scaling ecological energetics from organism to the biosphere /

The Global Carbon Cycle and Climate Change examines the global carbon cycle and the energy balance of the biosphere, following carbon and energy through increasingly complex levels of metabolism from cells to ecosystems. Utilizing scientific explanations, analyses of ecosystem functions, extensive r...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Reichle, David E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Cambridge, MA, United States : Elsevier, [2020]
Subjects:
Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry)
Climatic changes.
Climate Change
Cycle du carbone (Biog�eochimie)
Climat > Changements.
climate change.
Climatic changes
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The physical and chemical bases of energy
  • Energy relationships between organisms and their environment
  • Biological energy transformations by plants
  • Energy processing by animals
  • Species adaptations to their energy environment
  • Food chains and trophic level transfers
  • Energy flow in ecosystems
  • Ecosystem productivity
  • The global carbon cycle and the biosphere
  • Anthropogenic alterations to the global carbon cycle and climate change
  • Carbon, climate change, and public policy.

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