Assessing the impacts of climate change on natural resource systems

摘要

This volume is a collection of papers addressing the theme of potential impacts of climatic change. Papers are entitled 'Integrated Assessments of the Impacts of Climatic Change on Natural Resources: An Introductory Editorial'; 'Framework for Integrated Assessments of Global Warming Impacts'; 'Modeling Land Use and Cover as Part of Global Environmental Change'; 'Assessing Impacts of Climatic Change on Forests: The State of Biological Modeling'; 'Integrating Climatic Change and Forests: Economic and Ecological Assessments'; 'Environmental Change in Grasslands: Assessment using Models'; 'Assessing the Socio-economic Impacts of Climatic Change on Grazing Lands'; 'Modeling the Effects of Climatic Change on Water Resources-A Review'; 'Assessing the Socioeconomic Consequences of Climate Change on Water Resources'; and 'Conclusions, Remaining Issues, and Next Steps'.