ISBN: 9780521570947

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PR], How will the world's vegetation, from 'natural' ecosystems to intensively managed agricultural systems, be affected by changes in land use, the c… More...

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PR], How will the world's vegetation, from 'natural' ecosystems to intensively managed agricultural systems, be affected by changes in land use, the composition of gases in the atmosphere, and climate? This major new book describes the current state of knowledge. Table of contents: Part I. Introduction: 1. GTCE Science: objectives, structure, and implementation B. H. Walker and W. L. Steffen Part II. Ecosystem Physiology: 2. Ecosystem physiology H. A. Mooney 3. The response of complex multispecies systems to elevated CO2 C. H. Korner 4. Elevated CO2 and terrestrial vegetation: implications for and beyond the global carbon budget F. A. Bazzaz et al. 5. The role of vegetation in controlling carbon dioxide and water exchange between land surface and the atmosphere E. -Detlef Schulze et al. 6. Integrated models of ecosystem function: a grassland case study Michael B. Coughenour and W. J. Parton Part III. Ecosystem Structure: 7. The importance of structure in understanding global change H. H. Shugart 8. The application of patch models in global change research T. M. Smith and H. H. Shugart 9. Climate change, disturbances and landscape dynamics Robert H. Gardner et al. 10. Linking the human dimension to landscape dynamics Ian R. Noble 11. Landscape diversity and vegetation response to long-term climate change in the Eastern Olympic Peninsula, Pacific Northwest USA L. B. Brubaker and J. S. McLachlan Part IV. Agriculture, Forestry and Soils: 12. The work of Focus 3 P. B. Tinker and J. S. I. Ingram 13. Agriculture and global change: scaling direct carbon dioxide impacts and feedbacks through time R. M. Gifford et al. 14. Predicting crop yields under global change J. Goudriaan 15. Global change impacts on managed forests S. Linder et al. 16. Linked pest-crop models under global change P. S. Teng et al. 17. Soil erosion under climate change C. Valentin Part V. Ecological Complexity: 18. Global change and ecological complexity O. E. Sala 19. Self organization in ecosystems: lumpy geometries, periodicities and morphologies C. S. Holling et al. 20. Diversity of soil biota and ecosystem function O. W. Heal et al. 21. The functional role of species in terrestrial ecosystems F. S. Chapin III et al. 22. Carbon and nitrogen interactions in the terrestial biosphere: anthropogenic effects J. M. Melillo 23. Global dynamic vegetation modeling: coupling biogeochemistry and biogeography models R. P. Neilson and S. W. Running 24. Global and regional land use responses to climate change M. L. Parry et al. 25. Incorporating land-use change in Earth system models illustrated by Image 2 R. Leemans 26. Developing the potential for describing the terestrial biosphere's response to a changing climate F. I. Woodward 27. Data requirements for global terrestrial ecosystem modelling W. Cramer and A. Fischer 28. Satellite data for monitoring, understanding and modelling of ecosystem functioning A. Fischer et al. 29. Predicting a future terrestrial biosphere: challenges to GTCE science B. H. Walker Index. How will the world's vegetation, from 'natural' ecosystems to intensively managed agricultural systems, be affected by changes in land use, the composition of gases in the atmosphere, and climate? This major new book describes the current state of knowledge. Describes current state-of-the-science for predicting the effects of global change on ecosystems. 637 pages - 63 line diagrams 11 colour plates 51 tables Versandfertig in über 4 Wochen, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot<

ISBN: 9780521570947

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PR], How will the world's vegetation, from 'natural' ecosystems to intensively managed agricultural systems, be affected by changes in land use, the c… More...

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PR], How will the world's vegetation, from 'natural' ecosystems to intensively managed agricultural systems, be affected by changes in land use, the composition of gases in the atmosphere, and climate? This major new book describes the current state of knowledge. Table of contents: Part I. Introduction: 1. GTCE Science: objectives, structure, and implementation B. H. Walker and W. L. Steffen Part II. Ecosystem Physiology: 2. Ecosystem physiology H. A. Mooney 3. The response of complex multispecies systems to elevated CO2 C. H. Korner 4. Elevated CO2 and terrestrial vegetation: implications for and beyond the global carbon budget F. A. Bazzaz et al. 5. The role of vegetation in controlling carbon dioxide and water exchange between land surface and the atmosphere E. -Detlef Schulze et al. 6. Integrated models of ecosystem function: a grassland case study Michael B. Coughenour and W. J. Parton Part III. Ecosystem Structure: 7. The importance of structure in understanding global change H. H. Shugart 8. The application of patch models in global change research T. M. Smith and H. H. Shugart 9. Climate change, disturbances and landscape dynamics Robert H. Gardner et al. 10. Linking the human dimension to landscape dynamics Ian R. Noble 11. Landscape diversity and vegetation response to long-term climate change in the Eastern Olympic Peninsula, Pacific Northwest USA L. B. Brubaker and J. S. McLachlan Part IV. Agriculture, Forestry and Soils: 12. The work of Focus 3 P. B. Tinker and J. S. I. Ingram 13. Agriculture and global change: scaling direct carbon dioxide impacts and feedbacks through time R. M. Gifford et al. 14. Predicting crop yields under global change J. Goudriaan 15. Global change impacts on managed forests S. Linder et al. 16. Linked pest-crop models under global change P. S. Teng et al. 17. Soil erosion under climate change C. Valentin Part V. Ecological Complexity: 18. Global change and ecological complexity O. E. Sala 19. Self organization in ecosystems: lumpy geometries, periodicities and morphologies C. S. Holling et al. 20. Diversity of soil biota and ecosystem function O. W. Heal et al. 21. The functional role of species in terrestrial ecosystems F. S. Chapin III et al. 22. Carbon and nitrogen interactions in the terrestial biosphere: anthropogenic effects J. M. Melillo 23. Global dynamic vegetation modeling: coupling biogeochemistry and biogeography models R. P. Neilson and S. W. Running 24. Global and regional land use responses to climate change M. L. Parry et al. 25. Incorporating land-use change in Earth system models illustrated by Image 2 R. Leemans 26. Developing the potential for describing the terestrial biosphere's response to a changing climate F. I. Woodward 27. Data requirements for global terrestrial ecosystem modelling W. Cramer and A. Fischer 28. Satellite data for monitoring, understanding and modelling of ecosystem functioning A. Fischer et al. 29. Predicting a future terrestrial biosphere: challenges to GTCE science B. H. Walker Index. How will the world's vegetation, from 'natural' ecosystems to intensively managed agricultural systems, be affected by changes in land use, the composition of gases in the atmosphere, and climate? This major new book describes the current state of knowledge. Describes current state-of-the-science for predicting the effects of global change on ecosystems. 637 pages - 63 line diagrams 11 colour plates 51 tables Versandfertig in über 4 Wochen, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot<

ISBN: 9780521570947

Hardback, [PU: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS], Describes current state-of-the-science for predicting the effects of global change on ecosystems., Environmental Science, Engineering & Technology

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ISBN: 9780521570947

Global Change Terrestrial Ecosytems Hb editado por Cambridge, [PU: Cambridge University Press]