Can we predict the future food production? A sensitivity analysis

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 261-283

  Döös, Bo R ^a   Shaw, Roderick ^b  

^a Jordangasse 7/13 AT 1010   (Austria)

^b Box 2C5   (Austria)

Author keywords

Environmental degradation; Food production; Global change and climatic change

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FOOD PRODUCTION; FORECASTING METHOD; GLOBAL CHANGE;

EID: 0033486253     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-3780(99)00022-9     Document Type: Article

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