Description
Book SynopsisWeed Biology and Climate Change will provide a synthesis of what is known regarding the probable impact of environmental change on weed biology. Chapters will look at impacts of weed biology on agriculture, invasive species that limit ecological diversity and weeds that serve as health risks.
Trade Review“A must read for all scholars interested in plant and weed ecology.” (Experimental Agriculture, 2012)
"The text is fully indexed, includes extensive references, and is well illustrated with numerous examples from the primary literature. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." (Choice, 1 August 2011)
Table of ContentsPreface ix
Chapter 1 A Brief History of Weeds and Their Impact 1
Chapter 2 Carbon Dioxide and Global Warming: The “Green” in the Greenhouse Effect 23
Chapter 3 An Evaluation of the Impact of Rising Carbon Dioxide and Climatic Change on Weed Biology: From the Cell to the Plant 39
Chapter 4 An Evaluation of the Impact of Rising Carbon Dioxide and Climatic Change on Weed Biology: Competition to Community Composition 61
Chapter 5 Weeds on the Farm: Assessing the Role of Climate Change and CO2 on Agricultural Productivity 85
Chapter 6 Invasive Plants and Climate Change in Natural Ecosystems 107
Chapter 7 Weeds, CO2, Climate, and Health 127
Chapter 8 Weed Management: Herbicides 143
Chapter 9 Weed Management: The Rest of the Story 163
Chapter 10 Benefits from Weeds 181
Chapter 11 Weeds in a Time of Climate 199
Appendix 219
Index 227
