Synthesis, Overview, and Opinion papers

 

Lavorel S, Garnier E. (in press). Predicting changes in community composition and ecosystem functioning from plant traits: revisiting the Holy Grail. Functional Ecology 2002 16: 000-000

Higgins SI, Lavorel S, Revilla E (in press). Estimating Plant Migration Rates Under Habitat Loss and Fragmentation.

Porter JR, Green K, Ingram JSI, Jaeger J (in press). Eurpean Science Foundation. Science Forward Look - Food and Fibre.

Diaz S, McIntyre S, Lavorel S, Pausas JG (2002). Does hairiness matter in Harare? - Global comparisons of plant trait responses to disturbance. New Phytologist (in press).

D'Antonio CM, Kark S (2002). Impacts and extent of biotic invasions in terrestrial ecosystems. The workshop on Impacts and Extent of Biotic Invasions in Terrestrial Ecosystems was held in Barcelona, Spain, 19-22 September 2001.

Gregory PJ, Ingram JSI, Anderson R, Betts, RA, Brovkin V, Chase TN, Grace PR, Gray AJ, Hamilton N, Hardy TB, Howden SM, Jenkins A, Maybeck M, Olsson M, Oritz-Monasterio I, Palm CA, Payne T, Rummukainen M, Schulze RE, Thiem M, Valentin C, Wilkinson MJ (2001). Environmental consequences of alternative practices for intensifying crop production. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 1853 (2001) 1:12 (in press).

Canadell J, Noble I (2001). Challenges of a changing Earth: Global Change Open Science Conference. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 16:664-666

Diaz S, Cabido M (2001). Vive la difference: plant functional diversity matters to ecosystem processes. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 16:646-650

Loreau M, Naeem S, Inchausti P, Bengtsson J, Grime JP, Hector A, Hooper DU, Huston MA, Raffaelli D, Schmid B, Tilman D, Wardle DA (2001). Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning:Current Knowledge and Future Challenges. Science 294:804-807

Schimel D, House J, Hibbard K, Bousquet P, Ciais P, Peylin P, Apps M, Baker D, Bondeau A, Brasswell R, Canadell J, Churkina G, Cramer W, Denning S, Field C, Friedlingstein P, Goodale C, Heimann M, Houghton RA, Melillo J, Moore III B, Murdiyarso D, Noble I, Pacala S, Prentice C, Raupach M, Rayner P, Scholes B, Steffen W, Wirth C (2001). Recent patterns and mechanisms of carbon exchange by terrestrial ecosystems. Nature 414:169-172

Lavorel S, Garnier E (2001). Aardvarck to Zyzyxia - functional groups across kingdoms. Functional groups: concepts and applications.New Phytologist 149:360-364

Medlyn BE, Barton CVM, Broadmeadow MSJ, Ceulemans R, De Angelis P, Forstreuter M, FGreeman M, Jackson SB, Kellomaki S, Laitat E, Rey A, Roberntz P, Sigurdsson BD, Strassemeyer J, Wang K, Curtis PS, Jarvis PG (2001). Stomatal conductance of forest species after long-term exposure to elevated CO2 concentration: A synthesis. New Phytologist 149:247-264

Norby J, Kobayashi K, Kimball B (2001) Commentary Rising CO2 - future ecosystems. New Phytologist 150:215-222

Cramer W, Bondeau A, Woodward FI, Prentice IC, Betts RA, Brovkin V, Cox PM, Fisher V, Foley J, Friend AD, Kucharik C, Lomas MR, Ramankutty N, Sitch S, Smith B, White A, YoungMolling C (2001). Global response of terrestrial ecosystems structure and function to CO2 and climate change: results from six dynamic global vegetation models. Global Change Biology 7:357-374

Rustad LE, Campbell J, Marion GM, Norby RJ, Mitchell MJ, Hartley AE, Cornelissen JHC, Gurevitch J, GCTE-News [Network of Ecosystem Warming Studies] (2001). A Meta-analysis of the Response of Soil Respiration, Net N Mineralization, and Aboveground Plant Growth to Experiemental Ecosystem Warming. Oecologia (2001) 126:543-562

Sala OE, Chapin FS, Armesto JJ, Berlow E, Bloomfield J, Dirzo R, Huber-sanwald E, Huenneke LF, Jackson RB, Kinzig A, Leemans R, Lodge DM, Mooney HA, Oesterheld M, Poff NL, Sykes MT, Walker BH, Walker M, Wall DH (2000). Global Biodiversity scenarios for the year 2001. Science 287:1770-1774.

Norby RJ, Cotrufo MF, Ineson P, O'Neill EG, Canadell JG (2001) Elevated CO2, litter chemistry and decomposition: A synthesis. Springer-Verlag 153-165

IGBP Carbon Working Group: Falkowski P, Scholes RJ, Boyle E, Canadell J, Canfield D, Elser J, Gruber N, Hibbard K, Högberg P, Linder S, Mackenzie FT, Moore III B, Pederson T, Rosenthal Y, Seitzinger S, Smetacek V, Steffen W (2000). The Global Carbon Cycle: A Test of our Knowledge of Earth as a System. Science . 290: 291-296.

Scherm H, Sutherst, RW, Harrington, R, Ingram, JSI (2000). Global networking for assessment of impacts of global change on plant pests. Environmental Pollution 108: 333-341.

Awmack CS, Smith P, Pinter JR (2000). Global change and the challenges for agriculture and forestry. Journal of Agricultural Science. 135:199-201

Shaver GR, Canadell J, Chapin FS III, Gurevitch J, Harte J, Henry G, Ineson P, Jonasson S, Melillo J, Pitelka L, Rustad L (2000) Global Warming and Terrestrial Ecosystems: A Conceptual Framework for Analysis. BioScience 50: 871-882.

Canadell JG, Mooney HA, Baldocchi DD, Berry JA, Ehleringer JR, Field CB, Gower ST, Hollinger DY, Hunt JE, Jackson RB, Running SW, Shaver GR, Steffen W, Trumbore SE, Valentini R, Bond BY (2000) Carbon Metabolism of the Terrestrial Biosphere: a multi-technique approach for improved understanding. Ecosystems 3: 115-130.

Jackson RB, Schenk HJ, Jobbagy EG, Canadell J, Colello GD, Dickinson RE, Dunne T, Field CB, Friedlingstein P, Heimann M, Hibbard K, Kicklighter DW, Kleidon A, Neilson RP, Parton WJ, Sala OE, Sykes MT (2000) Belowground consequences of vegetation change and its treatment in models. Ecological Application 10:470-483

Canadell J, Mooney HA (1999) Ecosystem Metabolism and the Global Carbon Cycle. TREE 14: 249.

Lavorel, S and Cramer, W. (eds) (1999) Journal of Vegetation Science Special Issue - Functional analysis of plant response to disturbance. Journal of Vegetation Science 10: 603- 730.

Lou Y, Canadell J, Mooney HA (1999) Interactive effects of carbon dioxide and environmental stress on plants and ecosystems: A synthesis, pp. 393-408. In: Carbon Dioxide and Environmental Stress. Edited by Y Luo, HA Mooney. Academic Press, San Diego.

Cramer W, Shugart HH, Noble IR, Woodward I, Bugmann H, Bondeau A, Jonathan A. Foley, Robert H. Gardner, Lauenroth B, Pitelka LF, Sala O, Sutherst RW (1999) Ecosystem Composition and Structure. In: The Terrestrial Biosphere and Global Change. Implications for Natural and Managed Ecosystems. Edited by Walker BH, WL Steffen, J Canadell, JSI Ingram. Cambridge University Press, London, pp. 190-228.

Gregory P, Ingram J, Campbell B, Goudriaan J, Hunt T, Landsberg J, Linder S, Stafford-Smith M, Sutherst R, Valentin C(1999) Managed Production Systems. In: The Terrestrial Biosphere and Global Change. Implications for Natural and Managed Ecosystems. Edited by Walker BH, WL Steffen, J Canadell, JSI Ingram. Cambridge University Press, London, pp. 229-270.

Mooney H, Canadell J, Chapin FS, Ehleringer J, Körner Ch, McMurtrie R, Parton W, Pitelka L, Schulze D-E (1999) Ecosystem Physiology Responses to Global Change. In: The Terrestrial Biosphere and Global Change. Implications for Natural and Managed Ecosystems. Edited by Walker BH, WL Steffen, J Canadell, JSI Ingram. Cambridge University Press, London, pp. 141-189.

Sala OE, Chapin III FS, Gardner RH, Lauenroth WK, Mooney HA, Ramakrishnan PS (1999) Interactive and Integrated Effects of Global Change on Terrestrial Ecosystems. In: The Terrestrial Biosphere and Global Change. Implications for Natural and Managed Ecosystems. Edited by Walker BH, WL Steffen, J Canadell, JSI Ingram. Cambridge University Press, London, pp. 304-328.

Scholes RJ, Schulze D-E, Pitelka LF, Hall DO (1999) Global Change, Biodiversity and Ecological Complexity. In: The Terrestrial Biosphere and Global Change. Implications for Natural and Managed Ecosystems. Edited by Walker BH, WL Steffen, J Canadell, JSI Ingram. Cambridge University Press, London, pp. 271-303.

Walker WH, Steffen WL, Langridge J (1999) Interactive and Integrated Effects of Global Change on Terrestrial Ecosystems. In: The Terrestrial Biosphere and Global Change. Implications for Natural and Managed Ecosystems. Edited by Walker BH, WL Steffen, J Canadell, JSI Ingram. Cambridge University Press, London, pp. 329-375.

IGBP Terrestrial Carbon Working Group, Steffen, W, Noble, I, Canadell, J, Apps, M, Schulze, E-D, Jarvis, PG, Baldocchi, D, Ciais, P, Cramer, W, Ehleringer, J, Farquhar, G, Field, CB, Ghazi, A, Gifford, R, Heimann, M, Houghton, R, Kabat, P, Körner, C, Lambin, E, Linder, S, Mooney, HA, Murdiyarso, D, Post, WM, Prentice, IC, Raupach, MR, Schimel, DS, Shvidenko, A and Valentini, R (1998) The terrestrial carbon cycle: Implications for the Kyoto protocol. Science 280: 1393-1394.

Sutherst RW, Ingram JSI and Scherm H (1998). Global Change and Vector-borne Diseases. Parasitology Today 14: 297-299.

Lavorel S, Canadell J, Rambal S, Terradas J (1998) Mediterranean terrestrial ecosystems: research priorities on global change effects. Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters 7:157-166.

Hirose T, Kohyama T, Oshima Y (1998) GCTE Activities in Japan. Global Environmental Research. Vol 1. No. 1&2/1998, pp. 19-24.

Norby RJ, Cotrufo MF (1998) A question of litter quality. Nature 396: 17-18.

Valentini R, Baldocchi D, and Tenhunen J (1998). Ecological controls on Land-surface atmospheric interactions. In: Tenhunen J and Kabat P (eds), Integrating Hydrology, Ecosystem Dynamics and Biogeochemistry in Complex Landscapes. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester.

Chapin FS III, Sala OE, Burke IC, Grime JP, Hooper DU, Lauenroth WK, Lombard A, Mooney HA, Mosier AR, Naeem S, Pacala SW, Roy J, Steffen WL, Tilman D (1998) Ecosystem consequences of changing biodiversity. Experimental evidence and a research agenda for the future. BioScience 48: 45-52.

Pitelka, LF and the Plant Migration Workshop Group (24 others). (1997). Plant migration and climate change. American Scientist. 85:464-473

Canadell J, Pitelka L, Ingram JS (1996) The effects of elevated CO2 on plant-soil carbon below-ground: a summary and synthesis. Plant and Soil 187: 391-400.

Boardman J, Favis-Mortlock D.T. and Ingram J.S.I. (1996) Soil erosion modelling and the GCTE Network. NATO ASI Report.

Canadell J, Jackson RB, Ehleringer JR, Mooney HA, Sala OE, Schulze E-D (1996) Maximum rooting depth of vegetation types at the global scale. Oecologia 108: 583-595.

Jackson RB, Canadell J, Ehleringer JR, Mooney HA, Sala OE, Schulze E-D (1996) A global analysis of root distributions for terrestrial biomes. Oecologia 108: 389-411.

Schulze E-D, Bauer G, Buchmann N, Canadell J, Ehleringer JR, Jackson RB, Jobbagy E, Loreti J, Mooney HA, Oesterheld M, Sala OE (1996) Water availability, rooting depth, and vegetation zones along an aridity gradient in Patagonia. Oecologia 108: 503-511.

Gregory PJ, and Ingram JSI (1996). The GCTE Crops Networks: a framework for international collaborative research. Paper presented at SAAD Congress, IRRI, December 1995.

Ingram JSI, Valentin C, and Lee J (1996) The GCTE Soil Erosion Network: A multi-participatory research programme. J. Soil and Water Conservation 51: 377-380.

Linder S, and Ingram JSI (1996) Effects of Global Change on Managed Forests. Commonwealth Forestry Review 75: 48-50.

Morison JL et al. (1996) A synthesis of experimental results from the GCTE Wheat Network.

Porter JR, Jamieson P, Goudriaan J (1996) Results of the GCTE wheat model sensitivity analysis.

Powlson DS, Smith P and Smith JU (eds.) (1996). Evaluation of Soil Organic Matter Models. NATO Advanced Science Institute Series, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 429 pp.

Sage RF (1996) Atmospheric modification and vegetation responses to environmental stress. Global Change Biology 2: 79-83.

GCTE Soil Erosion Network (1996). Special feature on global change and soil erosion. J. Soil and Water Conservation 51: 376-403.

Steffen W (1996) GCTE's Focus on Global Change and Ecological Complexity - An international research agenda. In: Ramakrishnan PS, Das AK and Saxena KG (eds.) Conserving Biodiversity for Sustainable Development. Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, pp. 131-139.

Steffen WL, Chapin III, F, Sala OE (1996) Global change and ecological complexity: an international research agenda. Trends in Ecol. and Evol. 11: 186.

Tinker PB, Ingram JSI, Struwe S (1996) Effects of Slash-and-Burn Agriculture and Deforestation on Climate Change. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 58: 13-22.

Gregory PJ, Ingram JSI (1995) The contribution of the Soil Organic Matter Network (SOMNET) to GCTE. NATO Workshop "Evaluation of Soil Organic Matter Models". Powlson DS, Smith P and Smith J (eds.) Springer-Verlag, NATO ASI Series, 38:13-26.

Ingram JSI,Thingstad F (1995) Carbon mineralisation. In: NATO Workshop "Carbon Sequestration in the Biosphere". Beran M (ed.) Springer-Verlag, NATO ASI Series, 33:193-202.

Koch GW, Vitousek PM, Steffen WL, Walker BH (1995). Terrestrial transects for global change research. Vegetatio 121: 53-65.

Smith TM, Leemans R, and Shugart HH (eds.) (1995) The Application of Patch Models of Vegetation Dynamics to Global Change Issues. Climatic Change: 34:131-153.

Tinker PB, Ingram JSI (1995) Soils and Global Change - an Overview. In: "Soil Responses to Climate Change: Implications for Natural and Managed Ecosystems", NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Silsoe, UK, 20-24 September 1993. Springer-Verlag, NATO ASI Series, Vol 23, pp. 3-11.

Tinker PB, Goudriaan J, Teng P, Swift M, Linder S, Ingram JSI. and van de Geijn S (1995) Global Change Impacts on Agriculture, Forestry and Soils: The Programme of IGBP. Chapter contributed to the FAO Expert Consultation: "Global Climatic Change and Agricultural Production", Rome, 7-10 December 1993. John Wiley.

Schulze E-D, Kelliher FM, Körner C, Lloyd J, and Leuning R (1994) Relationships among maximum stomatal conductance, ecosystem surface conductance, carbon assimilation rate, and plant nitrogen nutrition - a global ecology scaling exercise. Ann. Rev. Ecol. and Systematics 25: 629-660

Walker BH (1994) Landscape to Regional-Scale Responses of Terrestrial Ecosystems to Global Change. Ambio 23:67-73.

Walker BH, Steffen WL (1993) Rangelands and Global Change. Rangelands Journal 15:95-103.

Steffen WL, Walker BH (1992) Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems: A Challenging Research Opportunity for Ecologists. Search 23:28-31.

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