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Effects of Climate Change and Viarability on the Agricultural Production Systems provides an integrated assessment of global climate change's impact on agriculture at the farm level, in the context of farm level adaptation decisions. Ten agricultural areas in the Upper Midwest region - the hear...

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Main Author: Doering, Otto C.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Randolph, J. C., Southworth, Jane, Pfeifer, Rebecca A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint : Springer, 2002.
Subjects:
Climatic changes.
Crops and climate.
Agricultural systems.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • List of Contributors
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Assessing Global Climate Change's Impact on Agriculture<EM>.-</EM> 2. Issues and Approaches to Climate Change<EM>.
  • </EM>3. Overview of Crop Models for Assessment of Crop Production<EM>.</EM> 4. Expert Panels' Contributions to Climate Change Research<EM>.-</EM> 5. Climate Scenario Construction for Midwest Analysis<EM>.-</EM> 6. Validation of Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Models In DSSAT for Assessing Climate Change Impacts On Midwest Crop Production<EM>.-</EM> 7. Crop Modeling Results under Climate Change for the Midwest USA<EM>.-</EM> 8. Farm-Level Economic Impacts of Climate Change<EM>.-</EM> 9. Climate Variability Impacts on Farm-Level Risk<EM>.-</EM> 10. An Integrated Climate Change Assessment from Argentina<EM>.-</EM> 11. Potential Global Change Impacts on Australia's Wheat Cropping System<EM>.-</EM> 12. Indirect Impacts of Climate Change That Affect Agricultural Production: Soil Erosion<EM>.-</EM> 13. Conclusions<EM>.-</EM> Index.