6.9. Leemans

Keynote Presentations from the 1st ALTER-Net Summer School, Peyresq 27 August - 8 September 2006

Recommended background literature on this presentation:

• Lambin EF, Chasek PS, Downing TE, Kerven C, Kleidon A, Leemans A, Lüdeke M, Prince SD, Xue Y (2002) The interplay between international and local processes affecting desertification. Dahlem University Press 387-401. (pdf: 100KB)
  
• Leemans R, Eickhout B (2003) Analysing changes in ecosystems for different levels of climate change. ENV/EPOC/GSP/(2003)5/FINAL, 26 p. (pdf: 500KB)
  
• Malcolm JR, Liu C, Miller LB, Allnutt T, Hansen L (2002) Global warming and species loss in globally significant terrestrial ecosystems. WWF-World Wide Fund for Nature, 39 p. (pdf: 900KB)
  
• Sala OE, Chapin SF III, Armesto JJ, Berlow E, Bloomfield J, Dirzo R, Huber-Sanwald E, Huenneke LF, Jackson RB, Kinzig A, Leemans R, Lodge DM, Mooney HA, Oesterheld M,LeRoy Poff N, Sykes MT, Walker BH, Walker M, Wall DH (2000) Global biodiversity scenarios for the year 2100. Science 287:1770-1774, doi:10.1126/science.287.5459.1770
• Schellnhuber HM, Kokott J, Beese FO, Fraedrich K, Klemmer P, Kruse-Graumann L, Neumann C, Renn O, Schulze E-D, Tilzer M, Velsinger P, Zimmermann H (2001) World in transition - Conservation and sustainable use of the biosphere. German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) Earthscan Publications Ltd, London, 451 p (pdf: 7 MB)
• Watson RT, Suaréz A, Dokken DJ, Gitay H (2002) Climate change and biodiversity. IPCC Technical Paper V, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 77 p. (pdf: 1MB)
  
• UNEP (2002) Human vulnerability to environmental change. Global Environmental Outlook 3, Chapter 3:301-317. (pdf: 500KB)
  
• WWF (2002) Living planet report 2002. WWF-World Wide Fund for Nature, 36 p. (pdf: 1MB)