HR: 13:40h
AN: B13D-01    [Abstracts]
TI: A Framework for Assessing Ecosystem Responses to Land Use Change
AU: * DeFries, R
EM: rdefries@mail.umd.edu
AF: University of Maryland, Department of Geography 2181 Lefrak Hall, College Park, MD 20742 United States
AU: Ojima, D
EM: dennis@nrel.colostate.edu
AF: Colorado State University, Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory, Fort Collins, CO 80523 United States
AU: Foley, J
EM: jfoley@wisc.edu
AF: University of Wisconsin, Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, Madison, WI 53726 United States
AU: Asner, G
EM: greg@globalecology.stanford.edu
AF: Carnegie Institution, Department of Global Ecology, Stanford, CA 94305 United States
AU: Houghton, R
EM: rhoughton@whrc.org
AF: Woods Hole Research Center, P.O. Box 296, Woods Hole, MA 02543 United States
AB: Land use change, including conversion of the landscape and intensification of already-converted landscapes, is one of today's most pervasive global environmental changes. Ecosystems respond to land use change in myriad ways, ranging for changes in habitat, hydrology, climate, to human health. These multiple responses, and their possible feedbacks for future land use, present a challenge for assessing and quantifying the trade-offs inherent in land use decision. This presentation develops a framework for analyzing the multiple ecosystem responses to land use change. We discuss the characteristic ecosystem responses according to stage of economic development and biophysical setting. This presentation is intended to provide a context for the other presentations in the session.
DE: 0400 Biogeosciences
SC: Biogeosciences [B]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting