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