TY - BOOK ID - 214710 TI - Terrestrial ecosystems in a changing world AU - Canadell, Josep G. AU - Pataki, D. E. AU - Pitelka, Louis. PY - 2007 SN - 128074524X 9786610745241 3540327304 PB - [Berlin ; New York] : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Ecosystem management. KW - Climatic changes KW - Environmental aspects. KW - Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems (Organization) KW - GCTE KW - International Geosphere-Biosphere Program "Global Change". KW - GC TE KW - Global Change & Terrestrial Ecosystems (Organization) KW - Changes, Climatic KW - Climate change KW - Climate changes KW - Climate variations KW - Climatic change KW - Climatic fluctuations KW - Climatic variations KW - Global climate changes KW - Global climatic changes KW - Climatology KW - Climate change mitigation KW - Teleconnections (Climatology) KW - Biotic communities KW - Ecosystems management KW - Applied ecology KW - Environmental management KW - Nature conservation KW - Biodiversity conservation KW - Environmental aspects KW - Management KW - Changes in climate KW - Climate change science KW - Climatic changes. KW - Ecology. KW - Soil conservation. KW - Physical geography. KW - Biogeosciences. KW - Climate Change. KW - Geoecology/Natural Processes. KW - Soil Science & Conservation. KW - Atmospheric Sciences. KW - Physical Geography. KW - Geography KW - Conservation of soil KW - Erosion control, Soil KW - Soil erosion KW - Soil erosion control KW - Soils KW - Agricultural conservation KW - Soil management KW - Balance of nature KW - Biology KW - Bionomics KW - Ecological processes KW - Ecological science KW - Ecological sciences KW - Environment KW - Environmental biology KW - Oecology KW - Environmental sciences KW - Population biology KW - Control KW - Prevention KW - Conservation KW - Ecology KW - Geobiology. KW - Climate change. KW - Geoecology. KW - Environmental geology. KW - Soil science. KW - Atmospheric sciences. KW - Atmospheric sciences KW - Earth sciences KW - Atmosphere KW - Pedology (Soil science) KW - Agriculture KW - Geoecology KW - Environmental protection KW - Physical geology KW - Biosphere KW - Global environmental change UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:214710 AB - Over 100 authors present 25 contributions on the impacts of global change on terrestrial ecosystems including: key processes of the earth system such as the CO2 fertilization effect, shifts in disturbances and biome distribution, the saturation of the terrestrial carbon sink, and changes in functional biodiversity, ecosystem services such the production of wheat, pest control, and carbon storage in croplands, and sensitive regions in the world threaten by rapid changes in climate and land use such as high latitudes ecosystems, tropical forest in Southeast Asia, and ecosystems dominated by Monsoon climate. The book also explores new research developments on spatial thresholds and nonlinearities, the key role of urban development in global biogeochemical processes, and the integration of natural and social sciences to address complex problems of the human-environment system. ER -