Land use change in rice, wheat and maize production in China (1961-1998)

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 523-536

  Tong, Chengli ^a,b   Hall, Charles A S ^b   Wang, Hongqing ^b,c  

^a Institute of Subtropical Agriculture (ISA)   (China)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical fertilizer; Land use change; Maize; Rice; Wheat

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LAND USE CHANGE; MAIZE; RICE; WHEAT;

CHINA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037404855     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(02)00182-2     Document Type: Article

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