Climate variability and the global harvest [[electronic resource] ] : impacts of El Niño and other oscillations on agroecosystems / / Cynthia Rosenzweig, Daniel Hillel

• Autore: Rosenzweig Cynthia
• 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
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.