Changes to Land Area Used for Grain Maize Production in Central Europe due to Predicted Climate Change
Regional biogeographical models are considered to be important tools for supporting decisions relating to sustainable agricultural planning for climate change. These models are useful for a better understanding of the impact of climate change on individual crop species due to their sensitivity to re...
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| description | Regional biogeographical models are considered to be important tools for supporting decisions relating to sustainable agricultural planning for climate change. These models are useful for a better understanding of the impact of climate change on individual crop species due to their sensitivity to regional ecological conditions. This paper deals with the application of a regional biogeographical model in order to predict the impact of climate change on growing conditions for grain maize in Central Europe. The model is based on a detailed knowledge of the relationships between the climatic characteristics of vegetation zones in landscapes with ecological growing conditions suitable for grain maize in the region under study. The results gained from using the model indicate a substantial increase in the total area suitable for growing of grain maize in the study region. By 2070, this area is expected to be triple the size it is today. Special maps are used to visualize prediction scenarios in order to support decision-making in regional planning in the study region, where grain maize is an important agricultural crop. This biogeographical model can be used in other European regions, where basic data related to vegetation zones are available. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b8e91b0955134e14b30f6a1236c57c7d2025-02-03T06:12:39ZengWileyInternational Journal of Agronomy1687-81591687-81672019-01-01201910.1155/2019/91682859168285Changes to Land Area Used for Grain Maize Production in Central Europe due to Predicted Climate ChangePetr Pavlik0Veronika Vlckova1Ivo Machar2Department of Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, Olomouc 771 46, Czech RepublicDepartment of Transportation Telematics, Faculty of Transportation Sciences, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague 110 00, Czech RepublicDepartment of Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, Olomouc 771 46, Czech RepublicRegional biogeographical models are considered to be important tools for supporting decisions relating to sustainable agricultural planning for climate change. These models are useful for a better understanding of the impact of climate change on individual crop species due to their sensitivity to regional ecological conditions. This paper deals with the application of a regional biogeographical model in order to predict the impact of climate change on growing conditions for grain maize in Central Europe. The model is based on a detailed knowledge of the relationships between the climatic characteristics of vegetation zones in landscapes with ecological growing conditions suitable for grain maize in the region under study. The results gained from using the model indicate a substantial increase in the total area suitable for growing of grain maize in the study region. By 2070, this area is expected to be triple the size it is today. Special maps are used to visualize prediction scenarios in order to support decision-making in regional planning in the study region, where grain maize is an important agricultural crop. This biogeographical model can be used in other European regions, where basic data related to vegetation zones are available.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9168285 |
| spellingShingle | Petr Pavlik Veronika Vlckova Ivo Machar Changes to Land Area Used for Grain Maize Production in Central Europe due to Predicted Climate Change International Journal of Agronomy |
| title | Changes to Land Area Used for Grain Maize Production in Central Europe due to Predicted Climate Change |
| title_full | Changes to Land Area Used for Grain Maize Production in Central Europe due to Predicted Climate Change |
| title_fullStr | Changes to Land Area Used for Grain Maize Production in Central Europe due to Predicted Climate Change |
| title_full_unstemmed | Changes to Land Area Used for Grain Maize Production in Central Europe due to Predicted Climate Change |
| title_short | Changes to Land Area Used for Grain Maize Production in Central Europe due to Predicted Climate Change |
| title_sort | changes to land area used for grain maize production in central europe due to predicted climate change |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9168285 |
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