The role of terrestrial vegetation in the global carbon cycle: measurement by remote sensing. 1984. illustrated. 23 plates. XVII,247 p. gr8vo. Hard cover.

Contents (partly): Preface/ List of Contributors/ The carbon dioxideproblem, G.M.Woodwell/ Classification and mapping of plant communities:a review with emphasis on tropical vegetation, D.Mueller-Dombois/ Organic carbon in soils of the world, P.Buringh/ Soil organic matter:a source of atmospheric CO2, W.H.Schlesinger/ Remote sensing to measurethe distribution and structure of vegetation, R.M.Hoffer/ Remote sensingfor monitoring vegetation: an emphasis on satellites, F.C.Billingsley/Coupling remotely sensed data to ground observations, A.P.Park/ The LACIE Experiment in satellite aided monitoring of global crop production, J.D.Erickson/ Measurements of changes in the vegetation of the earth by satellite imagery.