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Prediction of the response in vegetation either locally or globally to a change in the climate presents a rich array of scientific challenges. One must understand the dynamics of ecological systems at different time and space scales (Delcourt et al. 1983). One must understand how to handle the mutual causality between the structure of ecosystems and their functioning (Shugart in press). One must extrapolate from the physiological responses of the few species that we know fairly well to a vast array of species that we hardly know at all.
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Shugart, H.H., Shao, G., Emanuel, W.R., Smith, T.M. (1997). Modelling the structural response of vegetation to climate change. In: Huntley, B., Cramer, W., Morgan, A.V., Prentice, H.C., Allen, J.R.M. (eds) Past and Future Rapid Environmental Changes. NATO ASI Series, vol 47. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60599-4_21
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