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" ... conditions, a substantial fraction (a global average of one-third, varying by region from one-seventh to twothirds) of the existing forested area of the world will undergo major changes in broad vegetation types — with the greatest changes occurring... "
Countdown to Kyoto, Parts I-III: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Energy ... - Page 638
by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and Environment - 1998
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Effective Financing of Environmentally Sustainable Development

Ismail Serageldin, Alfredo Sfeir-Younis - 1996 - 328 pages
...two-thirds) of the world's existing forested area to undergo major changes in broad vegetation types. Climate change is expected to occur at a rapid rate...and reestablish themselves. For mid-latitude regions an average global warming of 1-3.5°C over the next hundred years would be equivalent to a shift of...
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U.S. Global Change Research Programs: Data Collection and ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science - 1996 - 496 pages
...reductions in biological diversity and in the goods and services ecosystems provide to society. For example, climate change is expected to occur at a rapid rate...species grow, reproduce and re-establish themselves. Therefore, species composition of forests is likely to change, entire forest types may disappear, and...
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Scientific Integrity and Public Trust: The Science Behind Federal ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and Environment - 1996 - 1194 pages
...types — with the greatest changes occurring in high latitudes and the least in the tropics Gimaie change is expected to occur at a rapid rate relative to the speed at which forest species grow. 8 r( 1 1 1 tr.o ••^ All 1 l5^/ „ t' |l „! ' / ' JSIfl Sl'Sl , / /• TROPICAL gLT-l./i**—...
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U.S. Global Change Research Programs: Data Collection and ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science - 1996 - 492 pages
...where many of the world's poorest people currently live. Climate is projected to change at a rate rapid relative to the speed at which forest species grow, reproduce, and re-establish themselves. Therefore, the species composition of impacted forests is likely to change. Entire forest types may...
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Scientific Integrity and Public Trust: The Science Behind Federal ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and Environment - 1996 - 1212 pages
...vegetation types — with the greatest changes occurring in high latitudes and the least in the tropics Climate change is expected to occur at a rapid rate relative to (be speed at which forest species grow. Scientific-Technical Analyses of Impacts, Adaptations, and...
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Scientific Integrity and Public Trust: The Science Behind Federal ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and Environment - 1996 - 1212 pages
...land-use history such as agriculture or grazing, and on disturbance regimes such as the frequency of Tire. reproduce, and reestablish themselves. For mid-latitude regions, a global average warming of I-3.5"C over the next 100 years would be equivalent to a poleward shift of the present isotherms by...
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The Kyoto Protocol: The Undermining of American Prosperity--the ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business - 1998 - 132 pages
...forests) of the existing forested area of the world will undergo major changes in broad vegetation types. Climate change is expected to occur at a rapid rate...themselves. For mid-latitude regions a global average wanning of 1-3.5°C over the next 100 years would be equivalent to a poleward shift of isotherms of...
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Climate Change, 1995: Ipcc Second Assessment: A Report of the ...

G. O. Obasi, E. Dowdeswell - 1998 - 72 pages
...vegetation types — with the greatest changes occurring in high latitudes and the least in the tropics. Climate change is expected to occur at a rapid rate...species grow, reproduce and re-establish themselves. Therefore, the species composition of forests is likely to change; entire forest types may disappear,...
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Complex Problem Solving: Cognitive Psychological Issues and Environment ...

Elmar A. Stuhler, Dorien J. DeTombe - 1999 - 160 pages
...ecosystems is expected to be through the rate and magnitude of change in the climate pattem and extremes. Climate change is expected to occur at a rapid rate relative to the speed at which ecosystems can adapt and re-establish themselves. Direct effects of increased annospheric carbon dioxide...
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Anthology: SEM Institute for Climate Change. 1

Timi Ećimović, Elmar A. Stuhler, Marjan Vezjak - 2000 - 212 pages
...expected to he through the rate and magnitude of the change in the climate pattem and extremes. The climate change is expected to occur at a rapid rate relative to the speed at which ecosystems can adapt and re-estahlish themselves. Direct effects of increased atmospheric carhon dioxide...
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