Climatic trends associated with summerfallow in the Canadian Prairies

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 142, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 170-185

  Gameda, S ^a   Qian, B ^a   Campbell, C A ^a   Desjardins, R L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Prairies; Climate; Land use; Land use change; Summerfallow

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CLIMATE CHANGE; FALLOW; FARMING SYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LAND USE CHANGE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PRAIRIE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33846427363     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2006.03.026     Document Type: Article

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