The Global Carbon Cycle and Climate Change
Scaling Ecological Energetics from Organism to the Biosphere

A comprehensive and accessible description of the global cycle of carbon in the biosphere and its relationship to climate change

David E. Reichle (Author)

9780128202449

Paperback, published 8 November 2019

388 pages, 75 illustrations (30 in full color)
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.5 cm, 0.59 kg

Approx.360 pages

1. An Introduction to Ecological Energetics and the Global Carbon Cycle2. The Physical and Chemical Bases of Energy3. Energy Relationships between Organisms and the Environment4. Biological Energy Transformations by Plants5. Energy Processing by Animals6. Species Adaptations to their Energy Environment7. Food Chains and Trophic Level Transfers8. Energy Flow in Ecosystems9. Ecosystem Productivity10. The Global Carbon Cycle and the Biosphere11. Anthropogenic Alterations to the Global Carbon Cycle and Climate Change12. Carbon, Climate Change, and Public Policy

Subject Areas: Environmental science, engineering & technology [TQ], Conservation of wildlife & habitats [RNKH], Applied ecology [RNC], The environment [RN], Economics [KC]