Bio-economic assessment of climate change impacts on managed grassland production

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 666-674

  Finger, Robert ^a   Lazzarotto, Patrick ^b   Calanca, Pierluigi ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Research Station ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bio economic modeling; Climate change; Impact assessment; Managed grassland production

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORAGE; GRASSLAND; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE;

SWISS PLATEAU; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77957767943     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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