The Terrestrial Biosphere and Global Change: Implications for Natural and Managed Ecosystems,9780521624299

The Terrestrial Biosphere and Global Change: Implications for Natural and Managed Ecosystems

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ISBN13: 9780521624299
ISBN10: 0521624290
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-03-28
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary

This new 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.

Table of Contents

Contributors ix
1 The nature of global change
1(18)
B. H. Walker
W. L. Steffen
2 The study of ecosystems in the context of global change
19(26)
E.-D. Schulze
R. J. Scholes
J. R. Ehleringer
L. A. Hunt
J. Canadell
J. S. Chapin III
W. L. Steffen
3 Networks and consortia
45(21)
J. S. I. Ingram
J. Canadell
T. Elliott
L. A. Hunt
S. Linder
D. Murdiyarso
M. Stafford Smith
C. Valentin
4 The IGBP Terrestrial Transects
66(22)
W. L. Steffen
R. J. Scholes
C. Valentin
X. Zhang
J.-C. Menaut
E.-D. Schulze
5 Data needs and limitations for broad-scale ecosystem modelling
88(18)
W. Cramer
R. Leemans
E.-D. Schulze
A. Bondeau
R. J. Scholes
6 Use of models in global change studies
106(35)
J. Goudriaan
H. H. Shugart
H. Bugmann
W. Cramer
A. Bondeau
R. H. Gardner
L. A. Hunt
W. K. Lauenroth
J. J. Landsberg
S. Linder
I. R. Noble
W. J. Parton
L. F. Pitelka
M. Stafford Smith
R. W. Sutherst
C. Valentin
F. I. Woodward
7 Ecosystem physiology responses to global change
141(49)
H. A. Mooney
J. Canadell
F. S. Chapin III
J. R. Ehleringer
Ch. Korner
R. E. McMurtrie
W. J. Parton
L. F. Pitelka
E.-D. Schulze
8 Ecosystem composition and structure
190(39)
W. Cramer
H. H. Shugart
I. R. Noble
F. I. Woodward
H. Bugmann
A. Bondeau
J. A. Foley
R. H. Gardner
W. K. Lauenroth
L. F. Pitelka
R. W. Sutherst
9 Managed production systems
229(42)
P. J. Gregory
J. S. I. Ingram
B. Campbell
J. Goudriaan
L. A. Hunt
J. J. Landsberg
S. Linder
M. Stafford Smith
R. W. Sutherst
C. Valentin
10 Biogeochemistry of terrestrial ecosystems
271(33)
R. J. Scholes
E.-D. Schulze
L. F. Pitelka
D. O. Hall
11 Global change, biodiversity and ecological complexity
304(25)
O. E. Sala
F. S. Chapin III
R. H. Gardner
W. K. Lauenroth
H. A. Mooney
P. S. Ramakrishnan
12 Interactive and integrated effects of global change on terrestrial ecosystems
329(47)
B. H. Walker
W. L. Steffen
J. Langridge
References 376(55)
Index 431
Colour plates
after p. 212

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