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Ecological Climatology: Concepts and Applications
Gordon B. Bonan
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Description for Ecological Climatology: Concepts and Applications
Paperback. Thoroughly updated new edition of Gordon Bonan's comprehensive textbook on terrestrial ecosystems and climate change, for advanced students and researchers. Num Pages: 754 pages, 402 b/w illus. 32 colour illus. BIC Classification: RBP; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 203. .
The third edition of Gordon Bonan's comprehensive textbook introduces an interdisciplinary framework to understand the interaction between terrestrial ecosystems and climate change. Ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying ecology, environmental science, atmospheric science, and geography, it reviews basic meteorological, hydrological, and ecological concepts to examine the physical, chemical, and biological processes by which terrestrial ecosystems affect and are affected by climate. This new edition has been thoroughly updated with new science and references. The scope has been expanded beyond its initial focus on energy, water, and carbon to include reactive gases and aerosols in the atmosphere. The new ... Read more
The third edition of Gordon Bonan's comprehensive textbook introduces an interdisciplinary framework to understand the interaction between terrestrial ecosystems and climate change. Ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying ecology, environmental science, atmospheric science, and geography, it reviews basic meteorological, hydrological, and ecological concepts to examine the physical, chemical, and biological processes by which terrestrial ecosystems affect and are affected by climate. This new edition has been thoroughly updated with new science and references. The scope has been expanded beyond its initial focus on energy, water, and carbon to include reactive gases and aerosols in the atmosphere. The new ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
1361g
Number of Pages
754
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107619050
SKU
V9781107619050
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-2
About Gordon B. Bonan
Gordon Bonan is senior scientist and head of the Terrestrial Sciences Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado. His research focuses on the interactions of terrestrial ecosystems with climate using models of the Earth's biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere. He has published more than 120 peer-reviewed articles on land-atmosphere coupling and how changes in vegetation alter climate. ... Read more
Reviews for Ecological Climatology: Concepts and Applications
Review of previous edition: 'Gordon Bonan's excellent Ecological Climatology ... provides an up-to-date status report on ecosystem-climate interactions ... across a broad range of disciplines. The text is clearly written and little specialized knowledge is required to read it ... [This book] clearly outlines the scope of possibility for integrating the physics of climate, the biological principles of ecology, and ... Read more