Great Plains Regional Technical Input Report

• Main Authors: Steiner, Jean (Author), McNeely, Shannon (Author), Cozetto, Karen (Author), Childress, Amber N. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ojima, Dennis S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2015.
• Series: NCA Regional Input Reports
• Subjects: Environment.; Climate change.; Climate Change.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.

Prepared for the 2013 National Climate Assessment and a landmark study in terms of its breadth and depth of coverage, Great Plains Regional Technical Input Report is the result of a collaboration among numerous local, state, federal, and nongovernmental agencies to develop a comprehensive, state of...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Great Plains: Social-Ecological Setting (Climate-Environment-Society) Natural Resources and Wildlife Aspects
• 2. Characteristics of Argricultural System and Energy Resources
• 3. Climate Conditions and Scenarios of Change across the Great Plains.-4. Water Management
• 5. Ecosystem and Biodiversity Conservation Issues
• 6. Energy Considerations
• 7. Agriculture and Land Management
• 8. Great Plains Societal Considerations: Impacts and Consequences Vulnerability and Risk, Adaptive Capacity, Response Options
• 9. Collabrative Research and Management Interactions in Response to Climate Change.