Effects of climate change on agricultural-plant pests. Volume II, Part 10 of environmental and societal consequences of a possible CO/sub 2/-induced climate change

Technical Report · Fri Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6944445

Haynes, D L

Plant pests and their community of biotic cohorts respond to climatic changes, whether temporal aberrations or long term shifts. How they respond depends on the magnitude of the change and the ability of the species to tolerate or adapt to the new environment. Scientists see several climatological scenarios concerning the increase of atmospheric CO/sub 2/ and ambient temperature. Those who foresee a slow incremental raising of temperatures base their predictions mainly on the available empirical evidence and the notion that long term weather is basically a cyclical phenomena that continually adjusts and readjusts through time. The other scenario interprets the available empirical data as a gradual buildup that pushes the climatic picture towards a threshold or a trigger point that, once arrived at, is irreversible and dramatic. This paper explores the possible climatic scenarios as they relate to the ecological principles that affect pest abundance and the distribution and impact on domestic and international agriculture.

• Research Organization: Michigan State Univ., East Lansing (USA). Dept. of Entomology
• DOE Contract Number: AS01-79EV10019
• OSTI ID: 6944445
• Report Number(s): DOE/EV/10019-10; ON: DE83002888
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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