Robustness of recommended farm plans in England under climate change: A Monte Carlo simulation

Climatic Change

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 113-133

  Gibbons, James M ^a   Ramsden, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; COSTS; CROPS; ESTIMATION; FARMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

CROP YIELDS; DATA PLAN; FARM-LEVEL MODEL; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION (MCS);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP YIELD; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS;

COSTS; ESTIMATION; FARM CROPS; METEOROLOGY; RESTRAINTS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 15244349855     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-005-1585-3     Document Type: Article

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