Sustainability of the landscape of a UNESCO World Heritage site in the Lake Geneva region (Switzerland) in a greenhouse climate

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1519-1524

  Beniston, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate landscape interactions; Climatic change; Grape varieties; Sustainability; Vineyards

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; GREENHOUSES; WINE;

CLIMATE-LANDSCAPE INTERACTIONS; CLIMATIC CHANGE; GRAPE VARIETIES; SUSTAINABILITY; VINEYARDS;

FRUITS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SUSTAINABILITY; UNESCO; VINEYARD; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE GENEVA;

VITACEAE;

EID: 53149136250     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1644     Document Type: Article

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