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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rosenzweig, Cynthia
Other Authors: Hillel, Daniel
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
El Niño Current.
Climatic changes > Forecasting.
Crops and climate.
Climate and civilization.
Physical Description:xiv, 259 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Climate variability in the context of climate change: El Niño and other oscillations
  • Impacts of El Niño and La Niña cycles: systems and sectors
  • Links to agroecosystems: processes and productivity
  • Recent El Niños and their manifestations: evolving understanding
  • Analysis of El Niño effects: methods and models
  • Seasonal climate predictions: farmers, planners, and policymakers
  • Regional activities in a global framework: developing and developed countries
  • Climate, society, and sustainable development: assessing vulnerability, building adaptive capacity.