Review of previous edition: 'The well-organized second edition of Ecological Climatology can serve as a basic guide for advanced students to help them visualize the relationship between climate change and ecosystem responses and services.' V. G. Kakani, Choice

The third edition of Gordon Bonan's comprehensive textbook introduces an interdisciplinary framework to understand the interaction between terrestrial ecosystems and climate change. Ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying ecology, environmental science, atmospheric science, and geography, it reviews basic meteorological, hydrological, and ecological concepts to examine the physical, chemical, and biological processes by which terrestrial ecosystems affect and are affected by climate. This new edition has been thoroughly updated with new science and references. The scope has been expanded beyond its initial focus on energy, water, and carbon to include reactive gases and aerosols in the atmosphere. The new edition emphasizes the Earth as a system, recognizing interconnections among the planet's physical, chemical, biological, and socioeconomic components, and emphasizing global environmental sustainability. Each chapter contains chapter summaries and review questions, and with over 400 illustrations, including many in color, this textbook will once again be an essential student guide.

1. Ecosystems and climate
Part I. The Earth System: 2. Components of the Earth system
3. Global cycles
Part II. Global Physical Climatology: 4. Atmospheric radiation
5. Atmospheric general circulation and climate
6. Earth's climates
7. Climate variability
8. Climate change
Part III. Hydrometeorology: 9. Soil physics
10. Water balance
11. Watershed hydrology
12. Surface energy fluxes
13. Turbulent fluxes
14. Soil moisture and the atmospheric boundary layer
Part IV. Biometeorology: 15. Leaf temperature and energy fluxes
16. Leaf photosynthesis and stomatal conductance
17. Plant canopies
Part V. Terrestrial Plant Ecology: 18. Plant strategies
19. Populations and communities
20. Ecosystems
21. Soil biogeochemistry
22. Vegetation dynamics
23. Landscapes and disturbances
24. Global biogeography
Part VI. Terrestrial Forcings and Feedbacks: 25. Terrestrial ecosystems and earth system models
26. Seasonal-to-interannual variability
27. Biogeophyscial climate-vegetation dynamics
28. Anthropogenic land use and land-cover change
29. Carbon cycle-climate feedbacks
30. Nitrogen, chemistry, and climate
31. Aerosols, chemistry, and climate
32. Urbanization
33. Climate intervention and geoengineering
34. Co-evolution of climate and life
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Conservation of the environment [RNK], Applied ecology [RNC], The environment [RN], Hydrology & the hydrosphere [RBK], Ecological science, the Biosphere [PSAF], Impact of science & technology on society [PDR]