Vegetation dynamics and global change / edited by Allen M. Solomon and Herman H. Shugart

Based on a series of conferences held in 1988 and 1989

Includes bibliographical references and index

Global change / Herman H. Shugart -- Biospheric implications of global environmental change / Allen M. Solomon, Wolfgang P. Cramer -- CO2 fertilization : the great uncertainty in future vegetation development / Christian 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 -- Coupling of the atmosphere with vegetation / Philippe Martin -- Monitoring vegetation change using satellite data / B. N. Rock, D. L. Skole, B. J. Choudhury -- Global geographic information systems and databases for vegetation change studies / David L. Skole, Berrien Moore III, Walter H. Chomentowski -- Assessing impacts of climate change on vegetation using climate classification systems / Wolfgang P. Cramer, Rik Leemans -- Vegetation diversity and classification systems / G. Grabherr, S. Kojima -- Modeling large-scale vegetation dynamics / I. Colin Prentice, Robert A. Monserud, Thomas M. Smith, William R. Emanuel Rapid simulations of vegetation stand dynamics with mixed life-forms / Mark R. Fulton -- Plant functional types / T. M. Smith, H. H. Shugart, F. I. Woodward, P. J. Burton -- Vegetation functional classification systems as approaches to predicting and quantifying global vegetation change / J. P. Grime -- Modeling crop responses to environmental change / Cynthia Rosenzweig