Vegetation dynamics & global change

Abstract

Preface. List of contributors. Part one: Introduction: Global change - H H Shugart Biospheric implications of global environmental change - A M Solomon and W P Cramer Part two: Biotic responses to global environmental change: Carbon dioxide fertilization: the great uncertainty in future vegetation development - C Korner Leaf responses to the environment and extrapolation to larger scales - F I Woodward The prediction and physiological significance of tree height - A D Friend Uncertainties in the terrestrial carbon cycle - W M Post Atmosphere/vegetation coupling - P Martin Part three: Measuring global vegetation change: Monitoring vegetation change using satellite data - B N Rock, D L Skole and B J Choudhury Global geographic information systems and databases for vegetation change studies - D L Skole, B Moore III and W H Chomentowski Assessing impacts of climate change on vegetation using climate classification systems - W P Cramer and R Leemans Vegetation biodiversity and classification systems - G Grabherr and S Kojima Part four: Modeling global vegetation change: Modeling large-scale vegetation dynamics - I C Prentice, R A Monserud, T M Smith and W R Emanuel Plant functional types - T M Smith, H H Shugart, F I Woodward and P J Barton Vegetational functional classification systems as approaches to predicting and quantifying global vegetation change - J P Grime Modeling crop responses to environmental change - C Rosenzweig Concluding comments Index.