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Autore: | Rosenzweig Cynthia |
Titolo: | Climate variability and the global harvest [[electronic resource] ] : impacts of El Niño and other oscillations on agroecosystems / / Cynthia Rosenzweig, Daniel Hillel |
Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
Disciplina: | 338.1/4 |
Soggetto topico: | Climatic changes - Forecasting |
Crops and climate | |
Climate and civilization | |
Soggetto geografico: | El Niño Current |
Altri autori: | HillelDaniel |
Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 2008. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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, and the relation of climate variability to society and development. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Climate variability and the global harvest |
ISBN: | 0-19-756166-7 |
1-281-15879-8 | |
9786611158798 | |
0-19-803147-5 | |
1-4356-1417-8 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910777019103321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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