Climate Change Effects on Plant Growth, Crop Yield and Livestock Export

@article{Climatic_Change_V43pp651-681, abstract = {A review is given of the state of knowledge in the field of assessing climate change impacts on agricultural crops and livestock. Starting from the basic processes controlling plant growth and development, the possible impacts and interactions of climatic and other biophysical variables in different agro-environments are highlighted. Qualitative and quantitative estimations of shifts in biomass production and water relations, inter-plant competition and crop species adaptability are discussed. Special attention is given to the problems encountered when scaling up physiological responses at the leaf- and plant level to yield estimates at regional to global levels by using crop simulation models in combination with geo-referenced, agro-ecological databases. Some non-linear crop responses to environmental changes and their relations to adaptability and vulnerability of agro-ecosystems are discussed.}, author = {R\"{o}tter, R. and van de Geijn, S. C.}, citeulike-article-id = {5044676}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1005541132734}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/w678q86n3360n203}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1023/A:1005541132734}, journal = {Climatic Change}, keywords = {agriculture, climate\_change, crop\_production, effect, livestock, physiology, review, yield}, month = {December}, number = {4}, pages = {651--681}, posted-at = {2009-11-03 08:44:15}, priority = {0}, title = {Climate Change Effects on Plant Growth, Crop Yield and Livestock}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1005541132734}, volume = {43}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - Climatic_Change_V43pp651-681 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5044676 N2 - A review is given of the state of knowledge in the field of assessing climate change impacts on agricultural crops and livestock. Starting from the basic processes controlling plant growth and development, the possible impacts and interactions of climatic and other biophysical variables in different agro-environments are highlighted. Qualitative and quantitative estimations of shifts in biomass production and water relations, inter-plant competition and crop species adaptability are discussed. Special attention is given to the problems encountered when scaling up physiological responses at the leaf- and plant level to yield estimates at regional to global levels by using crop simulation models in combination with geo-referenced, agro-ecological databases. Some non-linear crop responses to environmental changes and their relations to adaptability and vulnerability of agro-ecosystems are discussed. IS - 4 JF - Climatic Change EP - 681 TI - Climate Change Effects on Plant Growth, Crop Yield and Livestock VL - 43 SP - 651 KW - agriculture KW - climate_change KW - crop_production KW - effect KW - livestock KW - physiology KW - review KW - yield AU - Rötter, R AU - van de Geijn, SC PY - 1999/12/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1005541132734 ER -