Temperate-zone trees must fulfill cultivar-specific chilling and heat requirements during the dormant period, in order to produce leaves and flowers in the following growing season. Timing and accumulation rate of chill and heat are understood to determine the timing of spring events, but both pr...
Luedeling, Eike
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Guo L
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Dai, J.
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Leslie C
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Blanke, M.M.
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[Differential response of trees to temperature variation during the chilling and forcing phases]
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Differential response of trees to temperature variation during the chilling and forcing phases
Climate change has affected the phenology of plants and animals throughout the world, but few studies have evaluated climate responses of fruit trees in East Asia. In particular, the response of tree phenology to warming during different parts of the year has not been explored. We evaluated long-...
Guo L
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Dai, J.
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Ranjitkar S
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Xu, Jianchu
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Luedeling, Eike
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[Response of chestnut phenology in China to climate variation and change]
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Response of chestnut phenology in China to climate variation and change
Governments around the world have agreed to end hunger and food insecurity and to improve global nutrition, largely through changes to agriculture and food systems. However, they are faced with a lot of uncertainty when making policy decisions, since any agricultural changes will influence social...
Whitney, C.W.
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Lanzanova, D.
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Muchiri, C.
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Shepherd, Keith D.
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Krawinkel, M.
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Tabuti, J. R. S.
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Luedeling, Eike
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[Probabilistic Decision Tools for Determining Impacts of Agricultural Development Policy on Household Nutrition]
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Probabilistic Decision Tools for Determining Impacts of Agricultural Development Policy on Household Nutrition
Increasing temperatures are likely to impact ectothermic pests of fruits and nuts. This paper aims to assess changes to pest pressure in California's US$0.7 billion walnut industry due to recent historic and projected future temperature changes. For two past (1950 and 2000) and 18 future climate ...
Luedeling, Eike
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Steinmann KP
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Zhang M
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Brown, P.H.
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Gran J
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Girvetz, Evan H.
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[Climate change effects on walnut pests in California]
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Climate change effects on walnut pests in California
Establishing parkland agroforestry on currently treeless cropland in the West African Sahel may help mitigate climate change. To evaluate its potential, we used climatically suitable ranges for parklands for 19 climate scenarios, derived by ecological niche modeling, for estimating potential carb...
Luedeling, Eike
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Neufeldt, Henry
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[Carbon sequestration potential of parkland agroforestry in the Sahel]
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Carbon sequestration potential of parkland agroforestry in the Sahel
Many fruit and nut trees must fulfill a chilling requirement to break their winter dormancy and resume normal growth in spring. Several models exist for quantifying winter chill, and growers and researchers often tacitly assume that the choice of model is not important and estimates of species ch...
Luedeling, Eike
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Brown, P.H.
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[A global analysis of the comparability of winter chill models for fruit and nut trees]
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A global analysis of the comparability of winter chill models for fruit and nut trees
Luedeling, Eike
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Yu H
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Xu, Jianchu
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[Replies to Shen, Chen et al., and Yi and Zhou: Linear regression analysis misses effects of winter temperature on Tibetan vegetation]
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Replies to Shen, Chen et al., and Yi and Zhou: Linear regression analysis misses effects of winter temperature on Tibetan vegetation
Temperate fruit and nut trees require adequate winter chill to produce economically viable yields. Global warming has the potential to reduce available winter chill and greatly impact crop yields.
Luedeling, Eike
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Girvetz, Evan H.
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Semenov, Mikhail A.
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Brown, P.H.
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[Climate change affects winter chill for temperate fruit and nut trees]
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Climate change affects winter chill for temperate fruit and nut trees
Bos, S.P.M.
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Pagella, Tim.
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Kindt, Roeland
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Russell, A.
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Luedeling, Eike
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[Climate analogs for agricultural impact projection and adaptation: a reliability test]
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Climate analogs for agricultural impact projection and adaptation: a reliability test
In the arid areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, perennial challenges of water scarcity and food insecurity are exacerbated by climate change and variability. The development of robust strategies to cope with the region's climatic challenges requires thorough consideration of uncertainty and risk in deci...
Lanzanova, Denis
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Whitney, Cory
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Shepherd, Keith
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Luedeling, Eike
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[Improving development efficiency through decision analysis: reservoir protection in Burkina Faso]
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Improving development efficiency through decision analysis: reservoir protection in Burkina Faso