Farm-level adaptation to climatic variability and change: Crop diversification in the Canadian prairies

Climatic Change

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 119-141

  Bradshaw, Ben ^a   Dolan, Holly ^b   Smit, Barry ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS; FARMS;

CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; CROP DIVERSIFICATION; CROPPING PATTERNS; FARM-LEVEL ADAPTATION;

BIODIVERSITY;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ARABLE FARMING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CROP PRODUCTION; PRAIRIE;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATES; FARM CROPS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17644426740     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-004-0710-z     Document Type: Article

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