Global climate change and agricultural production
Subtitle: direct and indirect effects of changing hydrological, pedological, and plant physiological processes
By: edited by Fakhri Bazzaz, Wim Sombroek
Contributors: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Daya Publishing House
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
Subjects: Climatic changes; Agriculture; Crops and climate; Agricultural Meteorology; Agricultura; Cosechas y clima; Meteorología agrícola
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The climate change : agriculture conundrum / W.G. Sombroek and R. Gommes; title: The effects of changes in the world hydrological cycle on availabilty of water resources / T.E. Evans; title: The effects of global change on soil conditions in relation to plant growth and food production / R. Brinkman and W.G. Sombroek; title: The CO₂ fertilization effect : higher carbohydrate production and retention as biomass and seed yield / L.H. Allen Jr., J.T. Baker and K.J. Boote; title: The effects of elavated CO₂ and temperature change on transpiration and crop water use / S.C. Van de Geijn and J. Goudriaan; title: Effects of higher day and night temperatures on growth and yields of some crop plants / Y.P. Abrol and K.T. Ingram; title: Adverse effects of elevated levels of ultraviolet (UV)-B radiation and ozone (O₃) on crop growth and productivity /  S.V. Krupa and H. Jäger; title: Combined effects of changing CO₂, temperature, UV-B radiation and O₃ on crop growth / M.H. Unsworth and W.E. Hogsett; title: The potential effects of climate change on world food production and security / G. Fischer ... [et al.]; title: Climate change, global agriculture and regional vulnerability / J. Reilly; title: Integrating land-use change and evaluating feedbacks in global change models : the IMAGE 2 approach / R. Leemans, G.J. Van den Born and L. Bouwman; title: Global change impacts on agriculture, forestry and soils : the programme of the global change and terrestrial ecosystems core project of IGBP / B. Tinker ... [et al.]; title: Global climatic change and agricultural production : an assessment of current knowledge and critical gaps / F.A. Bazzaz and W.G. Sombroek.