Ecosystem Dynamics focuses on long-term terrestrial
ecosystems and their changing relationships with human
societies. The unique aspect of this text is the long-time
scale under consideration as data and insights from the last 10,000
years are used to place present-day ecosystem status into a
temporal perspective and to test models that generate forecasts of
future conditions. Descriptions and assessments of some of the
current modelling tools that are used, along with their
uncertainties and assumptions, are an important feature of this
book. An overarching theme explores the dynamic interactions
between human societies and ecosystem functioning and services.

This book is authoritative but accessible and provides a useful
background for all students, practitioners, and researchers
interested in the subject.

Richard H.W. Bradshaw
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

Martin T. Sykes
Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sweden

Ecosystem Dynamics focuses on long-term terrestrialecosystems and their changing relationships with humansocieties. The unique aspect of this text is the long-timescale under consideration as data and insights from the last 10,000years are used to place present-day ecosystem status into atemporal perspective and to test models that generate forecasts offuture conditions. Descriptions and assessments of some of thecurrent modelling tools that are used, along with theiruncertainties and assumptions, are an important feature of thisbook. An overarching theme explores the dynamic interactionsbetween human societies and ecosystem functioning and services. This book is authoritative but accessible and provides a usefulbackground for all students, practitioners, and researchersinterested in the subject.