Global biodiversity in a changing environment :

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Future of Biodiversity in a Changing World -- F. Stuart Chapin III, Osvaldo E. Sala, -- Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald, and Rik Leemans -- 2. Modeling the Response of Vegetation Distribution and -- Biodiversity to Climate Change -- Martin T. Sykes and Alex Haxeltine -- 3. The Use of Global-Change Scenarios to Determine -- Changes in Species and Habitats -- Rik Leemans -- 4. Soil Biodiversity -- Diana H. Wall, Gina Adams, and Andrew N. Parsons -- 5. Scenarios of Biodiversity Changes -- in Arctic and Alpine Tundra -- Marilyn D. Walker, William A. Gould, -- and F Stuart Chapin III -- 6. Boreal Forest -- F Stuart Chapin III and Kjell Danell -- 7. Temperate Grasslands -- Osvaldo E. Sala -- 8. Tropical Savanna -- Brian Walker -- 9. Mediterranean-Climate Ecosystems -- Harold A. Mooney, Mary T. Kalin Arroyo, -- William J. Bond, Josep Canadell, Richard J. Hobbs, -- Sandra Lavorel, and Ronald P. Neilson -- 10. Deserts -- Laura Foster Huenneke -- 11. Temperate Forests of North and South America -- Juan J. Armesto, R. Rozzi, and J. Caspersen -- 12. Tropical Forests -- Rodolfo Dirzo -- 13. Lakes -- David M. Lodge -- 14. Fish Diversity in Streams and Rivers -- N. LeRoy Poff, Paul L. Angermeier, Scott D. Cooper, -- P.S. Lake, Kurt D. Fausch, Kirk O. Winemiller, -- Leal A.K. Mertes, Mark W. Oswood, James Reynolds, -- and Frank J. Rahel -- 15. Potential Biodiversity Change: Global Patterns and -- Biome Comparisons -- Osvaldo E. Sala, F. Stuart Chapin III, -- and Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald -- Index.