Response of Ecosystems to Global Change

This topic submitted by Naveen Sundar, Brian Kelly ( sundarn1@muohio.edu, kellybp@muohio ) on 1/25/02 .

We have so far looked at various websites on the internet. There is such a large number that it was difficult to obtain the exact information one was looking for. After looking at numerous articles, we have finally decided that the following entitles a worthy reading. The books are available in Maimi University Libraries of King and Brill Science.

1. Book : Effects of past global change on life / Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council - Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995
Read Tropical Climate Stability and Implications for the Distribution of Life by Eric Barron

2. Biotic response to global change : the last 145 million years / edited by Stephen J. Culver and Peter F. Rawson - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000

3. Earth system responses to global change : contrasts between North and South America / edited by Harold A. Mooney, Eduardo R. Fuentes, Barbara I. Kronberg - San Diego : Academic Press, c1993

4. Atlas of satellite observations related to global change / R.J. Gurney, J.L. Foster, C.L. Parkinson - Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993

5. Carbon charges as a response to global warming : the effects of taxing fossil fuels - Washington, D.C. : Congress of the U.S., Congressional Budget Office, [1990]

6. Global climate change and human impacts on forest ecosystems : postglacial development, present situation, and future trends in Central Europe / J. Puhe and B. Ulrich ; chapter 8 by A. Dohrenbusch - Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2001

Websites:

1. www.esd.ornl.gov/research/egcs.html

2. www.globalchange.gov

3. www.climateark.org

4. www.usgcrp.gov

5. www.gcrio.org/online.html

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