The Impact of Carbon Dioxide and Other Greenhouse Gases on Forest Ecosystems : Report No. 3 of the IUFRO Task Forece on Environmental Change

Wallingford

2001

357 S.

Bandaufführung

0-85199-551-9

110710

Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases such as ozone, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and chlorofluorocarbons are all increasing in the atmosphere. These gases are directly affecting biological processes in trees and ecological processes in forests. This book provides in trees and ecological processes in forests. This book provides a review, written by expert world forest scientists, of what is known about the impact of elevated CO2 and other greenhouse gases on forest ecosystems. It is an output of the IUFRO Task Force on Environmental Change and will interest advanced students and researchers in forestry, tree physiology and ecology, climate change and pollution studies.