1. Responses of Terrestrial Antarctic Ecosystems to Climate Change

   • P. Convey
   • R. I. L. Smith

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 10

2. Vascular Plant Responses to Elevated CO₂ in a Temperate Lowland Sphagnum Peatland

   • Rubén Milla
   • Johannes H. C. Cornelissen
   • Rien Aerts

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 24

3. Moss Responses to Elevated CO₂ and Variation in Hydrology in a Temperate Lowland Peatland

   • Sylvia Toet
   • Johannes H. C. Cornelissen
   • Rob Stoevelaar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 40

4. From Transient to Steady-state Response of Ecosystems to Atmospheric CO₂-enrichment and Global Climate Change: Conceptual Challenges and Need for an Integrated Approach

   • Lindsey E. Rustad

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 62

5. Plant Performance in a Warmer World: General Responses of Plants from Cold, Northern Biomes and the Importance of Winter and Spring Events

   • R. Aerts
   • J. H. C. Cornelissen
   • E. Dorrepaal

   OriginalPaper Pages: 65 - 77

6. Stable Isotope Ratios as a Tool for Assessing Changes in Carbon and Nutrient Sources in Antarctic Terrestrial Ecosystems

   • A. H. L. Huiskes
   • H. T. S. Boschker
   • T. C. W. Moerdijk-Poortvliet

   OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 86

7. Upscaling Regional Emissions of Greenhouse Gases from Rice Cultivation: Methods and Sources of Uncertainty

   • Peter H. Verburg
   • Peter M. van Bodegom
   • Nico van Breemen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 106

8. Effects of Enhanced UV-B Radiation on Nitrogen Fixation in Arctic Ecosystems

   • Bjørn Solheim
   • Matthias Zielke
   • Jelte Rozema

   OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 118

9. Stratospheric Ozone Depletion: High Arctic Tundra Plant Growth on Svalbard is not Affected by Enhanced UV-B after 7 years of UV-B Supplementation in the Field

   • Jelte Rozema
   • Peter Boelen
   • Willem van de Poll

   OriginalPaper Pages: 121 - 135

10. Outdoor Studies on the Effects of Solar UV-B on bryophytes: Overview and Methodology

    • Peter Boelen
    • M. Karin de Boer
    • Jelte Rozema

    OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 152

11. A Vegetation, Climate and Environment Reconstruction Based on Palynological Analyses of High Arctic Tundra Peat Cores (5000–6000 years BP) from Svalbard

    • J. Rozema
    • P. Boelen
    • M. Konert

    OriginalPaper Pages: 155 - 173

12. Physiognomic and Chemical Characters in Wood as Palaeoclimate Proxies

    • Imogen Poole
    • Pim F. van Bergen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 195

13. The Occurrence of p-coumaric Acid and Ferulic Acid in Fossil Plant Materials and their Use as UV-proxy

    • Peter Blokker
    • Peter Boelen
    • Jelte Rozema

    OriginalPaper Pages: 197 - 207

14. Biomacromolecules of Algae and Plants and their Fossil Analogues

    • Jan W. de Leeuw
    • Gerard J. M. Versteegh
    • Pim F. van Bergen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 209 - 233