Book contents
- Grasslands and Climate Change
- Ecological Reviews
- Grasslands and Climate Change
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- CHAPTER ONE Grasslands and climate change: an overview
- CHAPTER TWO Methodology I: Detecting and predicting grassland change
- CHAPTER THREE Methodology II: Remote sensing of change in grasslands
- Part I Grassland dynamics and climate change
- CHAPTER FOUR Projected climate change and the global distribution of grasslands
- CHAPTER FIVE Production changes in response to climate change
- CHAPTER SIX Will climate change push grasslands past critical thresholds?
- CHAPTER SEVEN Biogeochemical cycling in grasslands under climate change
- CHAPTER EIGHT Climate change effects on grassland ecosystem services
- Part II Species traits, functional groups, and evolutionary change
- Part III Dealing with climate change effects
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
CHAPTER FOUR - Projected climate change and the global distribution of grasslands
from Part I - Grassland dynamics and climate change
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 March 2019
Book contents
- Grasslands and Climate Change
- Ecological Reviews
- Grasslands and Climate Change
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- CHAPTER ONE Grasslands and climate change: an overview
- CHAPTER TWO Methodology I: Detecting and predicting grassland change
- CHAPTER THREE Methodology II: Remote sensing of change in grasslands
- Part I Grassland dynamics and climate change
- CHAPTER FOUR Projected climate change and the global distribution of grasslands
- CHAPTER FIVE Production changes in response to climate change
- CHAPTER SIX Will climate change push grasslands past critical thresholds?
- CHAPTER SEVEN Biogeochemical cycling in grasslands under climate change
- CHAPTER EIGHT Climate change effects on grassland ecosystem services
- Part II Species traits, functional groups, and evolutionary change
- Part III Dealing with climate change effects
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
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