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Author Mohan, Jacqueline Eugenia, author.

Title Ecosystem consequences of soil warming : microbes, vegetation, fauna and soil biogeochemistry / Jacqueline E. Mohan
Edition First edition
Published London : Academic Press, [2019]
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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 570 pages) : illustrations
Contents Front Cover; Ecosystem Consequences of Soil Warming: Microbes, vegetation, fauna, and soil biogeochemistry; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Foreword and introduction: Past, present & future; References; Chapter 1: Reflections on 27 years of manipulated ecosystem warming in a subalpine meadow; Introduction; Overview of the Rocky Mountain biological laboratory climate warming experiment and auxiliary gradient studies; Major findings; Vegetation responses: Production and community composition; Vegetation responses: Phenology; Vegetation responses: Physiology
Community interactionsPlant species richness; Plant pathogens and herbivores; The response of a short-lived biennial; Biogeochemical responses: Nitrogen; Biogeochemical responses: Methane oxidation; Biogeochemical responses: Soil carbon; The decomposition-weighted productivity mass-balance model; Shift in surface albedo; Soil mesofauna response; Observing the signal of contemporary climate warming; Some considerations in the design of climate-warming experiments; The importance of long-term studies; Establishing sufficiently large plots; Selecting a site; Designing treatment conditions
Explanatory variablesPluralistic approaches overcome obstacles to prediction; The space-for-time assumption; A population perspective; Feedback; Keeping it going; References; Further reading; Chapter 2: Evolutionary consequences of climate change; Evolutionary responses to climatic changes; Climatic agents and phenotypic targets of selection; Local maladaptation under climate change; Migration and range shifts; Phenotypic plasticity could buffer populations from decline; Adaptive evolution; Gene flow could facilitate adaptive evolution; Global variation in evolutionary potential
Species interactions and coevolutionIncorporating species interactions into our understanding of evolutionary responses to climate change; Belowground interactions; Summary; References; Further reading; Chapter 3: Plant reproductive fitness and phenology responses to climate warming: Results from native populations, commun ... ; Introduction; The responses of plant fitness components to soil warming; Flowering responses; Case study 1: Temperate forest flowering/fruiting responses to 5C soil warming; Fruiting responses-Numbers and size
Case study 2: Low Arctic fruiting responses to 5C soil and air warmingSeed and seedling responses-Quantities, viability, and establishment success; Phenological traits as biological indicators of climate change; Date of flower bud production; Date of first flower; Date of fruit maturation; Correlated responses among phenological traits; Case study 3: The effects of climate warming on desert and dryland systems; Conclusions and future efforts; References; Chapter 4: Potential roles of plant biochemistry in mediating ecosystem responses to warming and drought; Introduction
Summary Ecosystem Consequences of Soil Warming: Microbes, Vegetation, Fauna and Soil Biogeochemistry focuses on biotic and biogeochemical responses to warmer soils including plant and microbial evolution. It covers various field settings, such as arctic tundra; alpine meadows; temperate, tropical and subalpine forests; drylands; and grassland ecosystems. Information integrates multiple natural science disciplines, providing a holistic, integrative approach that will help readers understand and forecast future planetwide responses to soil warming. Students and educators will find this book informative for understanding biotic and biogeochemical responses to changing climatic conditions. Scientists from a wide range of disciplines, including soil scientists, ecologists, geneticists, as well as molecular, evolutionary and conservation biologists, will find this book a valuable resource in understanding and planning for warmer climate conditions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 16, 2019)
Subject Soil heating.
Soil temperature.
Plants -- Effect of temperature on.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
Plants -- Effect of temperature on
Soil heating
Soil temperature
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780128134948
0128134941