Problems in estimating impacts of future climate change on midwestern corn yields

Climatic Change

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 109-118

  Changnon, Stanley A ^a   Hollinger, Steven E ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CROP YIELDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP YIELD; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWING SEASON; MODELING;

AGRICULTURE; CORN; FARM CROPS; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037836973     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023411401144     Document Type: Review

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