Ecological and Economic Impacts of Climate Change in Agricultural Systems: An Integrated Assessment Approach

Regional Climate Change and Variability: Impacts and Responses

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 128-160

  Antle, John ^a   Capalbo, Susan ^a   Paustian, Keith ^b,c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 78650611392     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781007501.00011     Document Type: Chapter

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