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Global Geographic Information Systems and Databases for Vegetation Change Studies

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Vegetation Dynamics & Global Change

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A description of the geographical distribution of the world’s vegetation is a key ingredient of global-vegetation-change studies. One central question is: how is the current distribution of vegetation influenced by climatic factors and human disturbance, and how will it be influenced in the future? Finding the answer will depend largely on the development of models which consider the dynamic interplay between climatic factors, biogeochemistry, and human disturbance. Because the global landscape is spatially heterogeneous and complex, these models will need to depict the geographical distribution of various primary attributes. This necessitates the development of geographically referenced data-sets and information systems (National Research Council 1986; IGBP 1988).

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Skole, D.L., Moore, B., Chomentowski, W.H. (1993). Global Geographic Information Systems and Databases for Vegetation Change Studies. In: Solomon, A.M., Shugart, H.H. (eds) Vegetation Dynamics & Global Change. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2816-6_9

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