Ecological Climatology: Concepts and Applications

1. Introduction 2. Global climatology 3. Climate variability 4. Climate change 5. Hydrologic cycle 6. Soils 7. Surface energy fluxes 8. Surface climates 9. Leaves and plants 10. Populations, communities, and ecosystems 11. Vegetation dynamics 12. Climate-ecosystem dynamics 13. Agroecosystems 14. Urban ecosystems.

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