This text will be of interest to ecologists, environmental scientists, foresters, earth scientists and students of global climate change...valuable for the reconstruction of forest vegetation - Biological Abstracts; Overall, the editors are to be commended on producing a book that is well balanced in its coverage of this broad subject. Most chapters have a summary, the book is indexed, and it is remarkable free of errors. The low price and scope of the book will surely mean that it is already on shelves in many offices as well as libraries - Forest Ecology and Management; This text will be of interest to ecologists, environmental scientists, foresters, earth scientists and students of global climate change...valuable for the reconstruction of forest vegetation - Biological Abstracts; Overall, the editors are to be commended on producing a book that is well balanced in its coverage of this broad subject. Most chapters have a summary, the book is indexed, and it is remarkable free of errors. The low price and scope of the book will surely mean that it is already on shelves in many offices as well as libraries - Forest Ecology and Management; This text will be of interest to ecologists, environmental scientists, foresters, earth scientists and students of global climate change...valuable for the reconstruction of forest vegetation - Biological Abstracts; Overall, the editors are to be commended on producing a book that is well balanced in its coverage of this broad subject. Most chapters have a summary, the book is indexed, and it is remarkable free of errors. The low price and scope of the book will surely mean that it is already on shelves in many offices as well as libraries - Forest Ecology and Management

• I Introduction.- 1. Global Change.- II Biotic Responses to Global Environmental Change.- 2. Biospheric Implications of Global Environmental Change.- 3. CO2 Fertilization: The Great Uncertainty in Future Vegetation Development.- 4. Leaf Responses to the Environment and Extrapolation to Larger Scales.- 5. The Prediction and Physiological Significance of Tree Height.- 6. Uncertainties in the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle.- 7. Coupling of the Atmosphere with Vegetation.- III Measuring Global Vegetation Change.- 8. Monitoring Vegetation Change Using Satellite Data.- 9. Global Geographic Information Systems and Databases for Vegetation Change Studies.- 10. Assessing Impacts of Climate Change on Vegetation Using Climate Classification Systems.- 11. Vegetation Diversity and Classification Systems.- IV Modeling Global Vegetation Change.- 12. Modeling Large-Scale Vegetation Dynamics.- 13. Rapid Simulations of Vegetation Stand Dynamics with Mixed Life-Forms.- 14. Plant Functional Types.- 15. Vegetation Functional Classification Systems as Approaches to Predicting and Quantifying Global Vegetation Change.- 16. Modeling Crop Responses to Environmental Change.- Concluding Comments.

This text will be of interest to ecologists, environmental scientists, foresters, earth scientists and students of global climate change...valuable for the reconstruction of forest vegetation - Biological Abstracts; Overall, the editors are to be commended on producing a book that is well balanced in its coverage of this broad subject. Most chapters have a summary, the book is indexed, and it is remarkable free of errors. The low price and scope of the book will surely mean that it is already on shelves in many offices as well as libraries - Forest Ecology and Management; This text will be of interest to ecologists, environmental scientists, foresters, earth scientists and students of global climate change...valuable for the reconstruction of forest vegetation - Biological Abstracts; Overall, the editors are to be commended on producing a book that is well balanced in its coverage of this broad subject. Most chapters have a summary, the book is indexed, and it is remarkable free of errors. The low price and scope of the book will surely mean that it is already on shelves in many offices as well as libraries - Forest Ecology and Management; This text will be of interest to ecologists, environmental scientists, foresters, earth scientists and students of global climate change...valuable for the reconstruction of forest vegetation - Biological Abstracts; Overall, the editors are to be commended on producing a book that is well balanced in its coverage of this broad subject. Most chapters have a summary, the book is indexed, and it is remarkable free of errors. The low price and scope of the book will surely mean that it is already on shelves in many offices as well as libraries - Forest Ecology and Management

• I Introduction.- 1. Global Change.- II Biotic Responses to Global Environmental Change.- 2. Biospheric Implications of Global Environmental Change.- 3. CO2 Fertilization: The Great Uncertainty in Future Vegetation Development.- 4. Leaf Responses to the Environment and Extrapolation to Larger Scales.- 5. The Prediction and Physiological Significance of Tree Height.- 6. Uncertainties in the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle.- 7. Coupling of the Atmosphere with Vegetation.- III Measuring Global Vegetation Change.- 8. Monitoring Vegetation Change Using Satellite Data.- 9. Global Geographic Information Systems and Databases for Vegetation Change Studies.- 10. Assessing Impacts of Climate Change on Vegetation Using Climate Classification Systems.- 11. Vegetation Diversity and Classification Systems.- IV Modeling Global Vegetation Change.- 12. Modeling Large-Scale Vegetation Dynamics.- 13. Rapid Simulations of Vegetation Stand Dynamics with Mixed Life-Forms.- 14. Plant Functional Types.- 15. Vegetation Functional Classification Systems as Approaches to Predicting and Quantifying Global Vegetation Change.- 16. Modeling Crop Responses to Environmental Change.- Concluding Comments.

This text will be of interest to ecologists, environmental scientists, foresters, earth scientists and students of global climate change...valuable for the reconstruction of forest vegetation - Biological Abstracts; Overall, the editors are to be commended on producing a book that is well balanced in its coverage of this broad subject. Most chapters have a summary, the book is indexed, and it is remarkable free of errors. The low price and scope of the book will surely mean that it is already on shelves in many offices as well as libraries - Forest Ecology and Management; This text will be of interest to ecologists, environmental scientists, foresters, earth scientists and students of global climate change...valuable for the reconstruction of forest vegetation - Biological Abstracts; Overall, the editors are to be commended on producing a book that is well balanced in its coverage of this broad subject. Most chapters have a summary, the book is indexed, and it is remarkable free of errors. The low price and scope of the book will surely mean that it is already on shelves in many offices as well as libraries - Forest Ecology and Management; This text will be of interest to ecologists, environmental scientists, foresters, earth scientists and students of global climate change...valuable for the reconstruction of forest vegetation - Biological Abstracts; Overall, the editors are to be commended on producing a book that is well balanced in its coverage of this broad subject. Most chapters have a summary, the book is indexed, and it is remarkable free of errors. The low price and scope of the book will surely mean that it is already on shelves in many offices as well as libraries - Forest Ecology and Management

• I Introduction.- 1. Global Change.- II Biotic Responses to Global Environmental Change.- 2. Biospheric Implications of Global Environmental Change.- 3. CO2 Fertilization: The Great Uncertainty in Future Vegetation Development.- 4. Leaf Responses to the Environment and Extrapolation to Larger Scales.- 5. The Prediction and Physiological Significance of Tree Height.- 6. Uncertainties in the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle.- 7. Coupling of the Atmosphere with Vegetation.- III Measuring Global Vegetation Change.- 8. Monitoring Vegetation Change Using Satellite Data.- 9. Global Geographic Information Systems and Databases for Vegetation Change Studies.- 10. Assessing Impacts of Climate Change on Vegetation Using Climate Classification Systems.- 11. Vegetation Diversity and Classification Systems.- IV Modeling Global Vegetation Change.- 12. Modeling Large-Scale Vegetation Dynamics.- 13. Rapid Simulations of Vegetation Stand Dynamics with Mixed Life-Forms.- 14. Plant Functional Types.- 15. Vegetation Functional Classification Systems as Approaches to Predicting and Quantifying Global Vegetation Change.- 16. Modeling Crop Responses to Environmental Change.- Concluding Comments.