Future scenarios of European agricultural land use: I. Estimating changes in crop productivity

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 107, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 101-116

  Ewert, F ^a   Rounsevell, M D A ^b   Reginster, I ^b   Metzger, M J ^a   Leemans, R ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Climate change; Crop productivity; Increasing CO2; Land use change; Modelling; Technology development

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CROP PRODUCTION; FUTURE PROSPECT; PRODUCTIVITY; WHEAT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 16344379704     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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