• Front Matter R1-R10

• Summary of Recommendations 1-4

• Introduction 5-10

• Part I: Recommendations 11-12

• 1. Initial Research Priorities for U.S. Participation in the IGBP 13-26

• 2. Supporting Needs for Program Development 27-44

• Part II: Background Papers 45-46

• Biogeochemical Dynamics 47-68

• Ecological Systems and Dynamics 69-106

• Climatic and Hydrologic Systems 107-133

• The Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change 134-200

• Earth System History and Modeling 201-214

" Earth System History and Modeling ." Toward an Understanding of Global Change: Initial Priorities for U.S. Contributions to the International Geosphere - Biosphere Program . Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1988 .

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