22.6 Summary and Conclusions
Our limited knowledge on the dynamics of managed and unmanaged ecosystems has curtailed our ability to predict the effects of global change on the ecosystem goods and services that societies rely upon for their wealth and development. Global change terrestrial transects have proved to be an important and useful scientific approach to study the spatial and temporal dynamics of multiple drivers and complex responses. Although a number of studies on global change and terrestrial ecosystems have been done during the recent decade, much remains to be learned of the interactive effects of multiple drivers and their spatial and temporal dynamics which this chapter has presented. In addition, it is recognized that the study of global change not only needs fully effective cooperation of scientists in China, but also needs connection with relevant studies world-wide.
In order to improve integrative global change studies in China and develop the capability to predict the responses of terrestrial ecosystems to global change in China, the following research fields will require further development over the next decade: (1) mechanisms driving responses of terrestrial ecosystems to global change; (2) shifts and adaptation of vegetation and ecosystems to global change; (3) index system of plant functional types of China combined with remote sensing techniques; (4) soil responses to global change; (5) parameterization and scaling techniques in models to study ecosystem dynamics from landscape to regional scales; (6) development of coupled models of the carbon balance, and vegetation dynamics, and atmospheric circulation and climate in order to simulate responses and feedbacks of terrestrial ecosystems to atmosphere and climate changes; and (7) establishment of an information system of terrestrial ecosystems including continuous observations, databases, ecosystem models, and expert systems to observe and predicts changes in terrestrial ecosystems, and to inform policy makers.
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Zhou, G., Peng, S., Zhou, L., Wang, Y., Xu, Z. (2007). Global Change Impacts on Agroecosystems of Eastern China. In: Canadell, J.G., Pataki, D.E., Pitelka, L.F. (eds) Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World. Global Change — The IGBP Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-32730-1_22
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