Biotic Feedbacks in the Global Climatic

The problem of global warming is among the most intensely studied and debated topics in ecology and environmental science. But one possible contributor to global warming--biotic feedback--has until now not been addressed with any serious, sustained attention. Featuring papers prepared for a meeting held at Woods Hole to explore the topic, this book provides for the first time a comprehensive overview of the many issues associated with interactions between biota and global warming. With contributions from internationally respected scholars in the field, the book will prove invaluable to students and researchers in ecology, climatology, and environmental science.

Global Warming: Perspectives form Land and Sea
Biotic Feedbacks from the Warming of the Earth
Global Climatic Change: Climatically Important Biogenic Gases and Feedbacks
Biotic Processes and Potential Feedbacks
Plants and Plant Communities
Plant Physiological Responses to Elevated CO2, Temperature, Air Pollution, and UV-B Radiation
On the Potential for a CO2 Fertilization Effect in Forests: Estimates of the Biotic Growth Factor, Based on 58 Controlled-Exposure Studies
Indicators of Climatic and Biospheric Change: Evidence from Tree-Rings
Global Climate Change: Disturbance Regimes and Biospheric Feedbacks of Temperate and Boreal Forests
Permafrost and Vegetation Response to Global Warming in North Eurasia
Soils
Soil Respiration and Changes in Soil Carbon Stocks
The Biogeochemistry of Northern Peatlands and Its Possible Responses to Global Warming
Methane Output form Natural and Quasi-Natural Sources: A Review of the Potential for Change and for Biotic and Abiotic Feedbacks
Linkages Between Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling and Their Implications for Storage of Carbon in Terrestrial Ecosystems
Biofeedback in the Ocean in Response to Climate Change
Net Carbon Metabolism of Oceanic Margins and Estuaries: Estimates of Steady-State Conditions, and Speculations about Anthropomorphic Perturbations of that Steady State
Biogenic Dimethyl Sulphide, Marine Aerosol and Climate: Evidence For and Against the Existence of a Climate-Stabilizing Feedback Mechanism
Implications of Increased Solar UVB for Aquatic Ecosystems
Global Carbon Budgets, Models, and Geophysical Constraints
Terrestrial and Oceanic Interactions
Modelling Interactions of Carbon Dioxide, Forests, and Climate
Vegetation Geography and Global Carbon Storage Changes
CO2-Climate Feedbacks: Aspects of Detection
Modelling the Carbon Sink
Effects of Land-use Change, Surface Temperature, and CO2 Concentration on Terrestrial Stores of Carbon
Storage Versus Flux Budgets: The Terrestrial Uptake of CO2 During the 1980s
Perturbations to the Biospheric Carbon Cycle: Uncertainties in the Estimates
Biotic Feedbacks in the Global Climatic System
What We Need to Know: Some Priorities for Research on Biotic Feedbacks in a Changing Biosphere
Will the Warming Feed the Warming?
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Biotic Feedbacks in the Global Climatic System Will the Warming Feed the Warming?

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