Increased crop failure due to climate change: Assessing adaptation options using models and socio-economic data for wheat in China

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Challinor, Andrew J ^a   Simelton, Elisabeth S ^a   Fraser, Evan D G ^a   Hemming, Debbie ^b   Collins, Mathew ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Crop yield

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PRODUCTIVITY;

ADAPTATION; BIOPHYSICAL PROCESS; CAPACITY BUILDING; CROP PRODUCTIVITY; CROP YIELD; MEAN TEMPERATURE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA; VULNERABILITY INDEX;

CROPS;

EID: 77958576688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/5/3/034012     Document Type: Article

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