Adaptation to climate variability and change in the US Great Plains: A multi-scale analysis of Ricardian climate sensitivities

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 85, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 133-144

  Polsky, Colin ^a   Easterling III, William E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Great Plains; Land use change; Multi level modeling; Ricardian climate sensitivity; Scalar dynamics; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; METHODOLOGY; MODELING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035018615     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(01)00180-3     Document Type: Article

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