Modelling the impact of climate warming at the landscape scale: Will bench terraces become economically and ecologically viable structures under changed climates?

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 27-39

  Wadsworth, Richard ^a   Swetnam, Ruth ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological conservation; Climate change; Modelling; Water conservation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BENCH TERRACE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MODELLING APPROACH;

UK, ENGLAND, EAST ANGLIA;

EID: 0031955807     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(97)00133-3     Document Type: Article

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