Аннотация:The effect of predicted climatic change on vegetative cover will not be confined to a change in the warmth and moisture conditions, but will lead to a shift in zonal boundaries. Vegetation will also be indirectly affected by the changing climate via local changes in the hydrological regime. In particular, activation of soil erosion by water will be an additional factor in the transformation of the vegetation cover caused by changes in the climate. -P.Cooke