Browsing by Subject "Adaptation"
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(2013-07-23)Economic research on climate and productivity effects of ocean phenomena has mostly focused on interannual cases such as the El Niño Southern Oscillation. Here Decadal climate variability (DCV) refers to ocean related ...
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(2012-12-05)Climate factors like precipitation and temperature, being closely intertwined with agriculture, make a changing climate a big concern for the entire human race and its basic survival. Adaptation to climate is a long-running ...
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(2010-07-14)In this dissertation, I study the effects of climate change on agricultural total factor productivity and crop yields and their variability. In addition, an examination was conducted on the value of select climate change ...
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(2009-05-15)Cowpea (Vigna ungiculata L. Walp) is a major food and fodder legume in poor countries, particularly Sub-Saharan Africa countries. It is generally produced in sandy, acid soils, deficient in phosphorus (P) which severely ...
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(2012-10-19)Sexual selection has long been a working explanation for the elaboration of appreciable traits in plants and animals, but the idea that it is an equally potent agent of change at the level of individual molecules is ...
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(2020-06-29)In this paper, we investigate the optimal co-adaptation strategy between humans and machines in order to maximize the performance outcome in completing a coordinated task. Although prior works identified the optimal machine ...
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(2011-02-22)In this research we consider synchronization of oscillators. We use mechanical metronomes that are coupled through a mechanical medium. We investigate the problem for three different cases: 1) In passive coupling of two ...
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(2020-03-23)This dissertation contains three essays. This first essay reports on an econometric analysis on how climate change affects livestock reproductive efficiency and livestock location. Reproductive activity is measured through ...
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(2015-07-02)This dissertation analyzes the yield, economic and societal implications of decadal climate variability (DCV) information in the Missouri River basin and policy regulations on the Chesapeake Bay blue crab fishery. The ...