CLIMATE BIOSPHERE INTERACTIONS：BIOGENIC EMISSIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

A diverse group of eminent contributors describe a variety of aspects regarding climate-biosphere interactions most susceptible to human perturbations. Models related to climate change and the carbon cycle, biogenic emissions of greenhouse gases in China not concerned with rice cultivation and environmental effects of climate change are among the subjects covered. Although climate-biosphere interactions in China are emphasized, the approaches and scientific principles discussed are designed to provide readers with a general understanding of the processes and data needed to comprehend these interactions.

Partial table of contents:

Effects of Global Warming on the Regional Climate in China (W.-C.

Wang, et al.).

The Chinese Ecological Research Network (CERN) (Z. Jianping).

Effects of Different Cultivation Practices on Methane Emissions from Rice Paddies in Beijing, China (C. Zongliang, et al.).

Control of Soil-Atmosphere Fluxes of Nitrous Oxide and Methane: Effects of Tropical Deforestation (M. Keller).

Spatial Analysis of Land-Cover Change and Carbon Flux Associated with Biomass Burning in Brazil, 1970-1980 (D. Skole, et al.).

Descriptive Basis for a Model of Soils Biogeochemistry (R. Lassiter & Y. Plis).

Predicted Effects of Climate Change on Agricultural Ecosystems (C. Rosenzweig).

Climatic Change and Its Environmental Effects During This Century in Xinjiang, China (Z. Guoan, et al.).

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