title: Using ecosystem models to assess potential consequences of global climatic change.
abstract: Predicting ecosystem response to climate change is a dynamic version of the classic problem of understanding vegetation-climate interrelations. Computer models can synthesize current knowledge and are important tools for understanding possible ecosystem dynamics under changed conditions. Models based on individual plant biology and natural history have been tested with respect to their ability to simulate vegetation response to changed climate, and are being applied to assess the potential effects of future climate change.
authors.affiliation: H.H. Shugart is at the Dept of Environmental Sciences, The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA.
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Shugart