What is it about?
- Commentary on the article: Deryng, D., Conway, D., Ramankutty, N., Price, J. and Warren, R., 2014. Global crop yield response to extreme heat stress under multiple climate change futures. Environmental Research Letters, 9, 034011. - Describing effects of extreme heat stress on crop yields, the impact of climate change on effects of heat stress and possible adaptation measures. - Highlighting current uncertainties and knowledge gaps.
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- Short own perspective on this emerging field of research, - Maybe a good introduction and starting point for more detailed studies
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This page is a summary of: Future crop production threatened by extreme heat, Environmental Research Letters, April 2014, Institute of Physics Publishing,
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/4/041001.
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Global crop yield response to extreme heat stress under multiple climate change futures
Article by Deryng et al. (2014) describing uncertainties of climate change impacts on crop heat stress caused by GCM's and emission scenarios
Impact of heat stress on crop yield—on the importance of considering canopy temperature
Article describing uncertainties in crop heat stress impact assessments caused by the use of standard temperature data obtained from weather stations which are, in many cases, not representative for the temperature in the crop canopy
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