Possible effects of Man on the carbon cycle in the past and in the future
Faure, H.; Faure-Denard, L.; Fairbridge, R.W. (1990). Possible effects of Man on the carbon cycle in the past and in the future, in: Paepe, R. et al. Greenhouse Effect, Sea Level and Drought. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Geohydrological Management of Sea Level and Mitigation of Drought, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (Spain), March 1-7, 1989. NATO ASI Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 325: pp. 459-462. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0701-0_27 In: Paepe, R. et al. (Ed.) (1990). Greenhouse Effect, Sea Level and Drought. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Geohydrological Management of Sea Level and Mitigation of Drought, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (Spain), March 1-7, 1989. Digitized reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1990. NATO ASI Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 325. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht. ISBN 978-94-009-0701-0. xix, 718 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0701-0, more In: NATO ASI Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences. D. Reidel: Dordrecht; Boston; Lancaster. ISSN 0258-2023, more |
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| Abstract | On a global scale, vegetation belts are the natural expression of the response of major ecosystems to climatic parameters. Environmental conditions are mainly controlled by air temperature and water availability. For Example, in herbaceous savannas and steppes a direct linear to exponential relation exists between total vegetation weight (biomass in dry matter or in carbon) and rainfall (Le Houerou, 1990). In high latitudes or high altitudes temperature is the limiting factor. |
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