Vulnerability and adaptation of European farmers: A multi-level analysis of yield and income responses to climate variability

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-40

  Reidsma, Pytrik ^a   Ewert, Frank ^a,b   Oude Lansink, Alfons ^a   Leemans, Rik ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Agricultural vulnerability; Climate change; Climate variability; Farm management

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449152103     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-008-0059-3     Document Type: Article

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