Weed Biology and Climate Change
Weed Biology and Climate Change
Author(s): Lewis H. Ziska, Jeffrey DukesWeed Biology and Climate Change will provide a synthesis of what is known regarding the probable impact of environmental change on weed biology. Chapters will look at impacts of weed biology on agriculture, invasive species that limit ecological diversity and weeds that serve as health risks. In addition it looks at current weed management strategies and how they will be affected by global climate change. The book covers an increasingly important area in plant science, crop science and ecological research, and will be essential reading for anyone exploring the biological impacts of a changing environment.
Availability: In Print
Publication date: December 2010
Binding: Hardback
Dimensions: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Extent:248pp
ISBN: 978-0-8138-1417-9
Chapter 1. A Brief History of Weeds and Their Impact.
Chapter 2. Carbon Dioxide and Global Warming: The “Green” in the Greenhouse Effect.
Chapter 3. An Evaluation of the impact of Rising Carbon Dioxide and Climatic Change on Weed Biology: From the cell to the plant.
Chapter 4. An Evaluation of the impact of Rising Carbon Dioxide and Climatic Change on Weed Biology: Competition to Community Composition.
Chapter 5. Weeds on the Farm: Assessing the role of Climate Change and [CO2] on Agricultural Productivity.
Chapter 6. Invasive Plants and Climate Change in Natural Ecosystems.
Chapter 7. Weeds, CO2, Climate and Health: Nothing to Sneeze at.
Chapter 8. Weed Management: Herbicides.
Chapter 9. Weed Management: The Rest of the Story.
Chapter 10. Benefits from Weeds.
Chapter 11. Weeds in a Time of Climate.
Appendix.
Index.
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