Preface to the Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change
Preface to Volume Two.
Biological and Ecological Dimensions of Global Environmental
Change.
Biological Invasions.
Functional Biodiversity.
IGBP Core Projects.
Impacts of Global Environmental Change on Animals.
Natural Systems: Impacts of Climate Change.
Plant Dispersal and Migration.
Plants - from Cells to Ecosystems: Impacts of Global Environmental
Change.
Sedimentary Records of Long-term Ecological Change.
Terrestrial and Freshwater Ecosystems: Impacts of Global
Change.
Alphabetic listing of articles.
Editor-in Chief
Professor Ted Munn, Associate, Institute for
Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Canada. He has over
50 years research/teaching experience in the areas of boundary
layer meteorology, environmental impact assessment, environmental
management and policy formulation. He is Editor-in-Chief of the
Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE). Wiley
publish their research monographs (52 titles published to
date).
Associate Editors
Professor Michael MacCracken (Volume 1) - Director of
the Office of the US Global Change Research Programme (USGCRP),
Washington DC, USA. He is a world-renowned academic with over 30
years teaching and research experience in climate modelling.
Dr John S Perry (Volume 1)
Professor Harold A Mooney (Volume 2) - Paul S Achilles Professor of Environmental Biology, Stanford University, USA. He has over 30 years experience in the areas of biodiversity and ecosystem processes. He is Secretary General of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) and past President of the American Institute of Biological Sciences.
Dr Joseph Canadell (Volume 2) - GCTE International Project Office, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Canberra, Australia.
Professor Ian Douglas (Volume 3) - Professor of Physical Geography, University of Manchester, UK. He has over 30 years experience looking at environmental problems, specializing in tropical geomorphology, hydrology and urban environmental management. He is President of Section E Geography of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and past Co-Chairman of SCOPE.
Dr Mostafa Tolba (Volume 4) - President, International Center for Environment and Development, Egypt. He has led more than 1000 international projects in various areas of environmental planning, management and sustainable development and was Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) for over 17 years.
Mr Peter Timmerman (Volume 5) - Programme Co-ordinator and Research Director, International Federation of Institutes for Advanced Study (IFIAS) and Research Associate, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Canada. He has published widely in the area of environmental ethics.
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