Changing climate in Hungary and trends in the annual number of heat stress days

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 423-431

  Solymosi, Norbert ^a   Torma, Csaba ^a,b   Kern, Anikó ^a,b   Maróti Agóts, Ákos ^c   Barcza, Zoltán ^b   Könyves, László ^c   Berke, Olaf ^d   Reiczigel, Jeno ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cattle; Climate change; Heat stress; Regional climate model; Spatial heterogeneity; Temperature humidity index

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVINAE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; HUNGARY; LACTATION; TIME; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUNGARY; LACTATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954216212     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-009-0293-5     Document Type: Article

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