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The Terrestrial Biosphere and Global Change
Implications for Natural and Managed Ecosystems
Summarises understanding of global change interactions with terrestrial ecosystems.
Brian Walker (Edited by), Will Steffen (Edited by), Josep Canadell (Edited by), John Ingram (Edited by)
9780521624800, Cambridge University Press
Paperback, published 25 March 1999
460 pages, 83 b/w illus. 20 tables
24.4 x 17 x 2.4 cm, 0.73 kg
' … an excellent book, presenting deep information about the global change and its impact on the terrestrial biosphere in a very integral way … I can highly recommend it as an example of a modern approach to organisation of international scientific effort in solving global problems … Everyone, who wants to become acquainted with the current state of knowledge and with new findings concerning problems described above will be highly satisfied.' Acta Physiologiae Plantarum
This 1999 synthesis summarises the international research effort in the Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems (GCTE) Core Project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme. Five major thematic areas are covered: ecosystem physiology; ecosystem structure and composition; terrestrial production systems; global biogeochemistry; ecological complexity (biodiversity). A summary of the integrated and interactive effects of global change on the terrestrial biosphere for four key regions of the world is presented, as well as a projection of future trends in the terrestrial component of the global carbon cycle. The book also includes a section on tools developed or modified for global change research.
Preface
1. The nature of global change B. Walker and W. Steffen
2. The study of ecosystems in the context of global change E.-D. Schulze, R. J. Scholes. J. R. Ehleringer, L. A. Hunt, J. Canadell, F. S. Chapin III and W. L. Steffen
3. Networks and consortia J. Ingram, P. Canadell, T. Elliott, T. Hunt, S. Linder, D. Murdiyarso, M. S. Smith and C. Valentin
4. The IGBP terrestrial transects W. L. Steffen, R. J. Scholes, C. Valentin, X. Zhang and J.-C. Menaut
5. Data needs and limitations for broad-scale ecosystem modelling W. Cramer, R. Leemans, E.-D. Schulze, A. Bondeau, R. Scholes
6. Use of models in global change studies J. Goudriaan, H. H. Shugart, H. Bugmann, W. Cramer, A. Bondeau and R. H. Gardner, T. Hunt, W. Lauenroth, J. Landsberg, S. Linder, I. Noble, W. Parton, L. Pitelka, M. S. Smith, B. Sutherst, C. Valentin and F. I. Woodward
7. Ecosystem physiology responses to global change H. A. Mooney, J. Canadell, F. S. Chapin, J. Ehleringer, Ch. Körner, R. McMurtrie, W. J. Parton, L. Pitelka and E.-D. Schulz
8. Ecosystem composition and structure W. Cramer, H. H. Shugart, I. R. Noble, F. I. Woodward, H. Bugmann, A. Bondeau, J. A. Foley, R. H. Gardner, B. Lauenroth, L. F. Pitelka, O. Sala and R. W. Sutherst
9. Managed production systems P. Gregory, J. Ingram, B. Campbell, J. Goudriaan, T. Hunt, J. Landsberg, S. Linder, M. S. Smith, R. W. Sutherst and C. Valentin
10. Biogeochemistry of terrestrial ecosystems R. J. Scholes, E.-D. Schulze, L. F. Pitelka and D. O. Hall
11. Global change, biodiversity and ecological complexity O. E. Sala, F. S. Chapin, R. H. Gardner, W. K. Lauenroth, H. A. Mooney and P. S. Ramakrishnan
12. Interactive and integrated effects of global change on terrestrial ecosystems B. Walker, W. Steffen and J. Langridge
Index.
Subject Areas: Ecological science, the Biosphere [PSAF]