| Title | Drylands and global change: Rainfall variability and sustainable rangeland production |
| Publication Type | Book Chapter |
| Year of Publication | 2000 |
| Authors | Reynolds J.F, Fernández RJ, Kemp P.R |
| Editor | Watanabe K.N, Komanine A.(eds.) |
| Book Title | Proceedings of the 12th Toyota Conference: Challenge of Plant and Agricultural Sciences to the Crisis of the Biosphere on the Earth in the 21<sup>st</sup> Century |
| Pagination | 73-86 |
| Publisher | R. G. Landes Company |
| City | Austin, Texas |
| Accession Number | JRN00298 |
| Call Number | 00781 |
| Keywords | book, books, chapter, chapters, climate variability, global change, desertification, global change, rainfall variability, global change, rangeland production, model, PALS, plant production, rainfall variability, rainfall, global change, rainfall, rangeland production, rangeland production, global change, report, reports |
| Abstract | This chapter reviews the extent of global change in drylands and some of its ecological and societal consequences. It also discusses rainfall variability as one component of potential climate change and how it affects primary production in rangelands. This is illustrated with a case study of a rangeland in southern New Mexico using a physiologically-based ecosystem model. It suggests that basic ecological knowledge should be an essential component of assessment frameworks. |
| Reprint Edition | In File (10/09/2001) |
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