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Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration has increased globally
from about 280 ppm before the Industrial Revolution (Pearman 1988)
to about 353 ppm in 1990. That increase, and the continuing
increase at a rate of about 1.5 ppm per annum, owing mainly to
fossil fuel burning, is likely to cause change in climate, in
primary productivity of terrestrial vegetation (managed and
unmanaged), and in the degree of net sequestration of atmospheric
CO into organic form. The quantitative role 2 of the latter in
attenuating the increase in atmospheric CO concentration itself is
2 an important but uncertain element of the global carbon-cycle
models that are required to predict future increases of atmospheric
CO concentration. 2 In my experience in workshops and other
multidisciplinary gatherings, argument arises in discussion of this
topic among different groups of scientists such as
bioclimatologists, plant physiologists, biogeochemists and
ecologists. Plant concentration physiologists are often impressed
by the positive effect of higher CO 2 on plant growth under
experimental controlled environments and argue that this would be
at least partly expressed in the field for many species and
communities.
The new series, Advances in Bioclimatology provides authorative
reviews on the latest developments in all research areas concerned
with the effects of climatic factors on living organisms - be they
plants, animals or humans. The emphasis is clearly laid on the
mechanisms - rather than on the statistical relationships - linking
biological processes with their physical environments. The
following topics are covered in the first volume: - Deforestation,
revegetation, water balance and climate; - Interaction of CO2 with
growth limiting environmental factors in vegetation productivity; -
Radiative transfer in nonhomogenous plant canopies; - Techniques to
measure CO2 flux densities from surface and airborne sensors.
Future volumes will include reviews of frost, its occurrence,
impact and prevention (Vol. 2); laser remote sensing of vegetation;
global monitoring of forests with radar; human melanoma and
ultraviolet radiation; maintaining health of farm animals under
adverse conditions.
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