Tropical peat swamp forests, which are predominantly located in Southeast Asia (SEA) and play a prominent role as a global carbon store, are being intensively degraded and converted to agricultural lands and tree plantations. For national inventories, updated estimates of peat emissions of greenh...
Hergoualc’h, Kristell
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Verchot, Louis V.
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[Greenhouse gas emission factors for land use and land-use change in Southeast Asian peatlands]
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Greenhouse gas emission factors for land use and land-use change in Southeast Asian peatlands
The South Atlantic Convergence Zone (SACZ) is an intrinsic characteristic of the South American Summer Monsoon. In a recent study, we verified that the main mode of coupled variability over the South Atlantic (South Atlantic Dipole (SAD)) plays a role in modulating the position of extratropical c...
Bombardi RJ
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Carvalho, Leila M. V.
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Jones, C.
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[Simulating the influence of the South Atlantic dipole on the South Atlantic convergence zone during neutral ENSO]
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Simulating the influence of the South Atlantic dipole on the South Atlantic convergence zone during neutral ENSO
Solanum morelliforme is an epiphytic wild potato (Solanum section Petota) species widely distributed throughout central Mexico to Honduras. A strikingly disjunct (approximately 4,000 km) population was recently discovered in Bolivia, representing the first record of this species in South America,...
Simon, R.
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Fuentes, A.F.
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Spoone, D.M.
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[Biogeographic implications of the striking discovery of a 4,000 kilometer disjunct population of the wild potato Solanum morelliforme in South America]
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Biogeographic implications of the striking discovery of a 4,000 kilometer disjunct population of the wild potato Solanum morelliforme in South America
Humid tropical alpine environments are crucial ecosystems that sustain biodiversity, biological processes, carbon storage and surface water provision. They are identified as one of the terrestrial ecosystems most vulnerable to global environmental change. Despite their vulnerability, and the impo...
Buytaert, W.
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Cuesta Camacho, F.
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Tobón, Conrado
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[Potential impacts of climate change on the environmental services of humid tropical alpine regions]
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Potential impacts of climate change on the environmental services of humid tropical alpine regions
Coffee and banana are important cash and food crops in Uganda and the surrounding East African highland region. Production is dominated by smallholders that have limited arable land and often coffee and banana are intercropped. No significant research and development efforts have been undertaken ...
Jassogne, Laurence T.P.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Wanyama, I.
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Baret, P.
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[Perceptions and outlook on intercropping coffee with banana as an opportunity for smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda]
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Perceptions and outlook on intercropping coffee with banana as an opportunity for smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda
Among the main greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4 and N2O), N2O has the highest global warming potential. N2O emission is mainly connected to agricultural activities, increasing as nitrogen concentrations increase in the soil with nitrogen fertilizer application. We evaluated N2O emissions due to applica...
Signor D
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Cerri, Carlos Eduardo
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Conant, Richard T.
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[N2O emissions due to nitrogen fertilizer applications in two regions of sugarcane cultivation in Brazil]
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N2O emissions due to nitrogen fertilizer applications in two regions of sugarcane cultivation in Brazil
As Asia's population continues to grow both in terms of economy and population, food security continues to be an issue of major concern for policy makers. During times of crisis, from topical storms and tsunamis to their ensuing floods, food security is of particular concern, to feed the local po...
Ismail, A.B.
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Mckill D
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Wassmann, Reiner
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Bouman, B.
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["Scuba Rice": ensuring food security during a flood]
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"Scuba Rice": ensuring food security during a flood
Grain yield in any given environment is determined by yield components developed at different phenophases. Yield components are influenced by the environmental conditions the plant experiences during the respective phases. The final yield of a given cultivar depends on the interaction between gen...
Shrestha, S.
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Asch, F.
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Dusserre, J.
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Ramanantsoanirina A
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Brueck H
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[Climate effects on yield components as affected by genotypic responses to variable environmental conditions in upland rice systems at different altitudes]
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Climate effects on yield components as affected by genotypic responses to variable environmental conditions in upland rice systems at different altitudes
A simulation analysis was carried out using the InfoCrop-rice model to quantify impacts and adaptation gains, as well as to identify vulnerable regions for irrigated and rain fed rice cultivation in future climates in India. Climates in A1b, A2, B1 and B2 emission scenarios as per a global climat...
Naresh Kumar, Soora
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Rani Saxena R
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Swaroopa Rani S
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Jain S
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Chauhan N
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[An assessment of regional vulnerability of rice to climate change in India]
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An assessment of regional vulnerability of rice to climate change in India
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