1 -- INTRODUCING THIS ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOK

2 -- GLOBAL VEGETATION DYNAMICS

2.1 Why Study Global Vegetation?

2.2 The Role of Remote Sensing in Global Vegetation Studies

2.3 Human Interactions With the Environment

3 -- EARTH SURFACE REALMS

3.1 Atmosphere

3.2 Lithosphere

3.3 Hydrosphere

3.4 Biosphere

3.5 Pedosphere