Book contents
- Trees and Global Warming
- Trees and Global Warming
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- The Value of Forests
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Global Warming and Forests in the Anthropocene
- 2 The Gases That Cause the Greenhouse Effect
- 3 Carbon and Photochemical Oxidant Cycles
- 4 Biogeochemical and Biogeophysical Factors that Affect Trees
- 5 Trees in a Warming World
- 6 Forests of the World
- 7 Knowledge Base for Forests in Cooling and Warming
- 8 Role of Forests in Mitigating Global Warming
- 9 Bringing It All Together
- Index
- References
4 - Biogeochemical and Biogeophysical Factors that Affect Trees
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 June 2020
- Trees and Global Warming
- Trees and Global Warming
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- The Value of Forests
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Global Warming and Forests in the Anthropocene
- 2 The Gases That Cause the Greenhouse Effect
- 3 Carbon and Photochemical Oxidant Cycles
- 4 Biogeochemical and Biogeophysical Factors that Affect Trees
- 5 Trees in a Warming World
- 6 Forests of the World
- 7 Knowledge Base for Forests in Cooling and Warming
- 8 Role of Forests in Mitigating Global Warming
- 9 Bringing It All Together
- Index
- References
Summary
To assess the effects of trees and forests on the temperature of the atmosphere, it is essential to review how they function in relation to biogeochemical factors, such as photosynthesis and release of biogenic hydrocarbons (BVOCs), and biophysical factors, such as albedo, deforestation, and land-use change, evapotranspiration, and ozone. Although biogeochemical and biophysical factors can be considered separately, their interactive roles determine whether trees and forests cool or warm the atmosphere.
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- Trees and Global WarmingThe Role of Forests in Cooling and Warming the Atmosphere, pp. 81 - 159Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020