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Autore |
Rosenzweig Cynthia |
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Climate variability and the global harvest [[electronic resource] ] : impacts of El Niño and other oscillations on agroecosystems / / Cynthia Rosenzweig, Daniel Hillel |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-756166-7 |
1-281-15879-8 |
9786611158798 |
0-19-803147-5 |
1-4356-1417-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (282 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Climatic changes - Forecasting |
Crops and climate |
Climate and civilization |
El Niño Current |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2008. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword; Contents; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Prologue; 1 Climate Variability in the Context of Climate Change: El Niño and Other Oscillations; 2 Impacts of El Niño and La Niña Cycles: Systems and Sectors; 3 Links to Agroecosystems: Processes and Productivity; 4 Recent El Niños and Their Manifestations: Evolving Understanding; 5 Analysis of El Niño Effects: Methods and Models; 6 Seasonal Climate Predictions: Farmers, Planners, and Policymakers; 7 Regional Activities in a Global Framework: Developing and Developed Countries |
8 Climate, Society, and Sustainable Development: Assessing Vulnerability, Building Adaptive CapacityEpilogue; Notes; References; Figure Credits; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Rosenzweig provides coverage of the interactions between the major climate oscillations, climate change, and agriculture. He describes climate system processes, effects of the major oscillations on natural and agro-systems, the development of seasonal climate predictions, |
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