Ecological and agricultural effects
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Ecological and agricultural effects
(SCOPE, 28 . Environmental consequences of nuclear war ; v. 2)
Published on behalf of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), by J. Wiley, c1989
2nd ed.
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Includes bibliographies and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book is the second volume in the series to discuss the state of scientific knowledge of the possible environmental consequences of nuclear war, which concentrates on the ecological and agricultural and human effects. The first volume concentrates on the physical and atmospheric effects of nuclear war. This volume will benefit environmental scientists, ecologists, agriculturalists, sociologists, and government officials.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Ecological effects: ecological principles relevant to nuclear war
- vulnerability of ecological systems to climatic effects of nuclear war
- additional potential effects of nuclear war on ecological systems. Part 2 Agricultural effects: potential effects of nuclear war on agricultural productivity. Part 3 Human effects: food availability after nuclear war
- experiences and extrapolations from Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- integration of effects on human populations.
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