Potential impacts of climate change on corn, soybeans and barley yields in Atlantic Canada

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 345-357

  Bootsma, A ^a   Gameda, S ^a   McKenney, D W ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic region; Climate change; Crop heat units; Crop yields; Growing degree days; Water deficits

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP YIELD;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

GLYCINE MAX; HEXAPODA; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; INSECTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 22744439478     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/S04-025     Document Type: Article

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