Sources of information for farmers' adaptation practices in Canada's Prairie agro-ecosystem

Climatic Change

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 299-305

  Tarnoczi, Tyler Joseph ^a   Berkes, Fikret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRO ECOSYSTEMS; ALBERTA; CANADIAN PRAIRIE; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CO-PRODUCTION; GOVERNMENT INFORMATION; GROUNDCOVER; MANITOBA; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 72749109790     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9762-4     Document Type: Letter

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