The Terrestrial Biosphere and Global Change Implications for Natural and Managed Ecosystems |
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Editor:
| Walker, Brian Steffen, Will Canadell, Josep Ingram, John |
Series title: | International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Book Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-62429-9 |
Publication Date: | Mar 1999 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $229.00 |
Book Description:
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The international research effort on global change and terrestrial ecosystems is yielding useful results. This summary volume describes current understanding of how the world's vegetation, both natural and managed, is interacting with global environmental change. It describes both the impacts of global change on several key aspects of vegetation--its functioning, its structure and composition, its capability to produce food and fibre and its diversity--and the consequent feedbacks of...
More DescriptionThe international research effort on global change and terrestrial ecosystems is yielding useful results. This summary volume describes current understanding of how the world's vegetation, both natural and managed, is interacting with global environmental change. It describes both the impacts of global change on several key aspects of vegetation--its functioning, its structure and composition, its capability to produce food and fibre and its diversity--and the consequent feedbacks of these effects to further environmental change.