Global Climate Change and Agricultural Production: Direct and Indirect Effects of Changing Hydrological, Pedological and Plant Physiological Processes

by Wim G. Sombroek, Fakhri A. Bazzaz, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, et al.

Produced on behalf of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, this book is the result of the meeting on Global Climactic Change and Agricultural Production held in Rome, December 1993. Issues covered include the CO2 anti-transpiration effect and the adverse effects of elevated levels of UV-B radiation and ozone on plant growth and production and livestock. The global picture of these effects is also studied--for instance,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471957631
• ISBN13: 9780471957638
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 358 Pages