Shugart, H. H.

Global change and the terrestrial biosphere : achievements and challenges / H.H. Shugart and F.I. Woodward. - Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. - x, 242 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Climatic change : ecology's big question -- The kaleidoscope of past vegetation patterns -- The complication of time and space scales -- Meeting the climate change challenge -- Dynamic vegetation modelling using individual-based models -- Vegetation futures and the rise of dynamic global vegetation models -- Climate-changed futures : how different will they be? -- Climate change and global plant diversity.

9781444337211 (cloth) 1444337211 (cloth) 9781405185615 (pbk.) 1405185619 (pbk.)

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Global environmental change.

GE149 / .S58 2011

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