Ecological and Demographic Consequences of a Nuclear War / Yuri M. Svirezhev.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Svirezhev, Yuri M., Author.

Series:

• Mathematical ecology.
• Mathematical Ecology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Biological models.
• Ecology--Mathematical models.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (114 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2021

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Contents:

• Frontmatter
• FOREWORD
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• 1. SCENARIO OF NUCLEAR WAR. CALCULATIONS OF DOSE FIELDS AND RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION
• 2. "RADIATION SHOCK" AND RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION THE IMPACT ON TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
• 3. BURNING OF VEGETATION (FOREST AND GRASSLAND FIRES)
• 4. "NUCLEAR WINTER" AND "NUCLEAR NIGHT" AND THEIR IMPACT ON ECOSYSTEMS
• 5. "ORDINARY" POLLUTION
• 6. ULTRA-VIOLET (UV)-RADIATION
• 7. THE EVOLUTION OF ECOSYSTEMS AFTER A NUCLEAR WAR "NUCLEAR SUCCESSIONS"
• 8. THE IMPACT OF FACTORS OF NUCLEAR WAR ON FRESH WATER ECOSYSTEMS
• 9. NUCLEAR CONFLICT, AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS AND THE FOOD SUPPLY PROBLEM
• 10. DEMOGRAPHIC CATASTROPHE
• 11. SIMULATIONS OF CONSEQUENCES OF A NUCLEAR WAR USING THE MODEL OF GLOBAL BIOSPHERE PROCESSES
• 12. CONCLUSION
• LITERATURE

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)

ISBN:

3-11-253014-4

OCLC:

1301547705