I Introduction. - 1. Global Change. - II Biotic Responses to Global Environmental Change. - 2. Biospheric Implications of Global Environmental Change. - 3. CO2 Fertilization: The Great Uncertainty in Future Vegetation Development. - 4. Leaf Responses to the Environment and Extrapolation to Larger Scales. - 5. The Prediction and Physiological Significance of Tree Height. - 6. Uncertainties in the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle. - 7. Coupling of the Atmosphere with Vegetation. - III Measuring Global Vegetation Change. - 8. Monitoring Vegetation Change Using Satellite Data. - 9. Global Geographic Information Systems and Databases for Vegetation Change Studies. - 10. Assessing Impacts of Climate Change on Vegetation Using Climate Classification Systems. - 11. Vegetation Diversity and Classification Systems. - IV Modeling Global Vegetation Change. - 12. Modeling Large-Scale Vegetation Dynamics. - 13. Rapid Simulations of Vegetation Stand Dynamics with Mixed Life-Forms. - 14. Plant Functional Types. - 15. Vegetation Functional Classification Systems as Approaches to Predicting and Quantifying Global Vegetation Change. - 16. Modeling Crop Responses to Environmental Change. - Concluding Comments. Language: English