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Interacting Stresses on Plants in a Changing Climate (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993)
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Interacting Stresses on Plants in a Changing Climate (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993)
Series: Nato ASI Subseries I:, 16
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Books dealing with climatic change are commonplace, as are those
concerned with effects of environmental stresses on plants. The
present volume distinguishes itself from earlier publications by
highlighting several interrelated environmental stresses that are
changing in intensity as the climate warms in response to the
accumulation of 'greenhouse' gases. The stresses examined at the
NATO Advanced Research Workshop upon which this book is based
include atmospheric pollutants, flooding and sub mergence, drought
and cold. In future, successful farming or landscape management
will ultimately depend on strategies that offset the effects of
these and other environmental constraints, while exploiting more
favourable features. However, the to predicted speed of climate
change may exceed the rate at which new approaches farming,
forestry, landscape management and genetic conservation can be
developed through experience and retroactive response. The
alternative is to anticipate future needs and thus identify
appropriate management and legislative strategies by research and
discussion. The contents of this volume contribute to these vital
processes, upon which the productivity of agroecosystems and
conservation of natural ecosystems may increasingly depend. Those
with any lingering doubts concerning the gravity of the likely
future situation are especially encouraged to read the opening
chapter. For convenience, chapters discussing pollution, flooding,
drought and cold are grouped in separate sections. However, many
authors have taken care to emphasise that interactions between the
changing combinations of stresses pose particular problems for
plants and plant communities."
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