Climate stability and the development of agricultural societies

Climatic Change

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 295-311

  Feynman, Joan ^a   Ruzmaikin, Alexander ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STABILITY CRITERIA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES; CLIMATE PROXY RECORDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CULTURAL HISTORY; MODERNIZATION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; YOUNGER DRYAS;

AFRICA;

EID: 36148994307     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-007-9248-1     Document Type: Review

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