Droughts
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-60456-285-9 (ISBN)
A drought is a period of unusually persistent dry weather that costs long enough to cause serious problems such as crop damage and/or water supply shortages. The severity of the drought depends upon the degree of moisture deficiency, the duration, and the size of the affected area. There are actually four different ways that drought can be defined. Meteorological is a measure of departure of precipitation from normal. Due to climatic differences, what might be considered a drought in one location of the country may not be a drought in another location. Agricultural - refers to a situation where the amount of moisture in the soil no longer meets the needs of a particular crop. Hydrological - occurs when surface and subsurface water supplies are below normal. Socioeconomic -- refers to the situation that occurs when physical water shortages begin to affect people. This book presents leading research from around the globe.
Preface; Are Osmotic Adjustment, Cell Wall Elasticity and Cell Size Required for Drought Resistance in Crop Plants?; Winter drought impairs pine regeneration at the Pyrenean treeline; The Effect of Black Truffle Mycorrhisation in Forest Plants and Drought Tolerance; Drought and Forest Decline in the Iberian Peninsula: A Simple Explanation for a Complex Phenomenom?; The impact of drought in the light of changing soil properties; Long-term impacts of droughts on pastoral production and trends in poverty in north-western Kenya: An evaluation of 14-year drought early warning data series; Drought Effects on the Vegetal Growth and the Desertification Process in Northeastern Mexico; Drought-Induced Alteration of Fine Root Parameters in a Japanese Cedar (Cryptomeria Japonica) Plantation Forest; Methodological Considerations in Examining the Demographic Response of Tree Populations to Drought Stress; Morphological and Anatomical Adaptations in Desert Plants; DInSAR monitoring of aquifer compaction due to water withdrawal: Vegas Baja and Media of the Segura river (SE, Spain) case study; Outstanding mechanisms of drought adaptation of wild or underutilised plants of arid and semiarid regions; Detecting post-drought oak decline and recovery in the Mark Twain National Forest, Ozark Highlands; Physiological Responses of Two Coffee (Coffea Canephora) Genotypes to Soil Water Deficit; Drought as a factor in tree diebacks and declines; Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.11.2008 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 260 x 180 mm |
| Gewicht | 988 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-60456-285-4 / 1604562854 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-60456-285-9 / 9781604562859 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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