Climate change, weather variability and corn yield at a higher latitude locale: Southwestern Quebec

Climatic Change

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-197

  Almaraz, Juan Jose ^a   Mabood, Fazli ^a   Zhou, Xiaomin ^a   Gregorich, Edward G ^b   Smith, Donald L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PRODUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CORN YIELD; GROWING SEASONS; WEATHER VARIABILITY;

CROPS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; GROWING SEASON; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MAIZE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); YIELD RESPONSE;

CANADA; MONTEREGIE; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 42049086546     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-008-9408-y     Document Type: Article

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