عنوان

Understanding multiple environmental stresses :

Erroneous ISBN

0309103312

Erroneous ISBN

9780309103312

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b704462

Title Proper

Understanding multiple environmental stresses :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

report of a workshop /

First Statement of Responsibility

Committee on Earth-Atmosphere Interactions: Understanding and Responding to Multiple Environmental Stresses, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Washington, DC :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

National Academies Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2007.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xii, 141 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations, maps

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references.

Text of Note

Summary -- Introduction -- Defining the concept of 'multiple stresses' -- The nature of the problem -- What assessments conclude about research needs -- Introduction to the case studies -- Nonlinearities, thresholds, and the vulnerability-resilience continuum -- Drought -- Context and impacts -- Understanding vulnerability and response strategies -- Drought policy and preparedness -- Research needs -- Atmosphere-ecosystem interactions -- Context and impacts -- Impacts on humans, ecosystems, and economies -- Policy options : adaptation and mitigation -- Research needs -- Lessons learned from the case studies -- Comprehensive regional frameworks -- A aeb of integrated sensors -- Regional information systems -- Framework for process studies -- Improving our predictive capability -- Research needs related to nonlinearities and thresholds -- Research needs related to increasing resilience -- Research needs related to regional studies -- Near-term opportunities -- Appendix A. Statement of task -- Appendix B. Workshop agenda -- Appendix C. Workshop participants -- Appendix D. Extended speaker abstracts -- Appendix E. Committee biosketches.

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Text of Note

Introduction -- Defining the concept of 'multiple stresses' -- The nature of the problem -- What assessments conclude about research needs -- Introduction to the case studies -- Nonlinearities, thresholds, and the vulnerability-resilience continuum -- Drought -- Context and impacts -- Understanding vulnerability and response strategies -- Drought policy and preparedness -- Research needs -- Atmosphere-ecosystem interactions -- Context and impacts -- Impacts on humans, ecosystems, and economies -- Policy options : adaptation and mitigation -- Research needs -- Lessons learned from the case studies -- Comprehensive regional frameworks -- A aeb of integrated sensors -- Regional information systems -- Framework for process studies -- Improving our predictive capability -- Research needs related to nonlinearities and thresholds -- Research needs related to increasing resilience -- Research needs related to regional studies -- Near-term opportunities -- Appendix A. Statement of task -- Appendix B. Workshop agenda -- Appendix C. Workshop participants -- Appendix D. Extended speaker abstracts -- Appendix E. Committee biosketches.

Title

Understanding multiple environmental stresses.

International Standard Book Number

9780309103312

Biotic communities, Congresses.

Climatic changes, Congresses.

Droughts, Congresses.

Biotic communities.

Climatic changes.

Droughts.

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

National Research Council (U.S.)., Committee on Earth-Atmosphere Interactions: Understanding and Responding to Multiple Environmental Stresses.

Date of Transaction

20201207195454.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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