Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-3-540-32730-1
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 344 Seiten

This book examines the impacts of global change on terrestrial ecosystems. Emphasis is placed on impacts of atmospheric, climate and land use change, and the book discusses the future challenges and the scientific frameworks to address them. Finally, the book explores fundamental new research developments and the need for stronger integration of natural and human dimensions in addressing the challenge of global change.

Josep Candadell
Science officer of the global change and terrestrial ecosystems (GCTE) core project of IGBP at Standford University, and executive officer of GCTE at CSIRO-Australia. Currently, executive director of the Global Carbon Project, a joint project of IGBP, IHDP, WCRP, and Diversitas


Diane Pataki
Former Scientific Officer for GCTE Focus 1, Ecosystem Physiology, at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, USA. Currently an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Irvine, jointly in the Department of Earth System Science and the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology


Louis Pitelka
Chief Science Advisory for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Competitive Grants Program. Former Chair of the Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems core project of IGBP. Involved in research on the effects of global change on terrestrial ecosystems since 1990. Former Editor-in-Chief of Ecological Applications

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface;5
2;Acknowledgments;7
3;Contents;9
4;List of Contributors;18
5;Global Ecology, Networks, and Research Synthesis;24
6;Carbon and Water Cycles in the 21st Century;29
6.1;CO2 Fertilization: When, Where, How Much?;30
6.2;Ecosystem Responses to Warming and Interacting Global Change Factors;43
6.3;Insights from Stable Isotopes on the Role of Terrestrial Ecosystems in the Global Carbon Cycle;57
6.4;Effects of Urban Land-Use Change on Biogeochemical Cycles;65
6.5;Saturation of the Terrestrial Carbon Sink;79
7;Changing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning;99
7.1;Functional Diversity – at the Crossroads between Ecosystem Functioning and Environmental Filters;100
7.2;Linking Plant Invasions to Global Environmental Change;111
7.3;Plant Biodiversity and Responses to Elevated Carbon Dioxide;121
7.4;Predicting the Ecosystem Consequences of Biodiversity Loss: the Biomerge Framework;131
8;Landscapes under Changing Disturbance Regimes;145
8.1;Plant Species Migration as a Key Uncertainty in Predicting Future Impacts of Climate Change on Ecosystems: Progress and Challenges;146
8.2;Understanding Global Fire Dynamics by Classifying and Comparing Spatial Models of Vegetation and Fire;155
8.3;Plant Functional Types: Are We Getting Any Closer to the Holy Grail?;165
8.4;Spatial Nonlinearities: Cascading Effects in the Earth System;181
8.5;Dynamic Global Vegetation Modeling: Quantifying Terrestrial Ecosystem Responses to Large- Scale Environmental Change;191
9;Managing Ecosystem Services;209
9.1;Wheat Production Systems and Global Climate Change;210
9.2;Pests Under Global Change – Meeting Your Future Landlords?;225
9.3;Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potential in Agricultural Soils;241
9.4;Carbon and Water Tradeoffs in Conversions to Forests and Shrublands;250
9.5;Natural and Human Dimensions of Land Degradation in Drylands: Causes and Consequences;260
10;Regions under Stress;271
10.1;Southeast Asian Fire Regimes and Land Development Policy;272
10.2;Global Change Impacts on Agroecosystems of Eastern China;283
10.3;Terrestrial Ecosystems in Monsoon Asia: Scaling up from Shoot Module to Watershed;294
10.4;Responses of High Latitude Ecosystems to Global Change: Potential Consequences for the Climate System;306
11;Future Directions: the Global Land Project;320
11.1;The Future Research Challenge: the Global Land Project;321
12;Index;331