Tree-ring reconstructed maize yield in central Mexico: 1474-2001

Climatic Change

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 493-504

  Therrell, Matthew D ^a,d   Stahle, David W ^a   Diaz, Jose Villanueva ^b   Oviedo, Eladio H Cornejo ^c   Cleaveland, Malcolm K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA AGRARIA ANTONIO NARRO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FOOD PRODUCTS; RAIN;

CLIMATE-INDUCED; CROP FAILURES; MESOAMERICAN CULTURAL PROVINCE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS;

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; CROP YIELD; DOMESTICATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FROST; HARVESTING; MAIZE; RAINFALL; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TREE RING; UPLAND REGION;

CLIMATES; CORN; FORESTRY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33744948085     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-006-6865-z     Document Type: Article

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