Sensitivity of corn and soybean yield in Illinois to air temperature and precipitation: The potential impact of future climate change

Physical Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-42

  Goldblum, David ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROMETEOROLOGY; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DROUGHT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MAIZE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOYBEAN;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 69249148946     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.30.1.27     Document Type: Article

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