Global mapping of Jatropha curcas yield based on response of fitness to present and future climate

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 139-151

  Trabucco, Antonio ^a,b   Achten, Wouter M J ^a   Bowe, Colm ^c   Aerts, Raf ^a   Orshoven, Jos Van ^a   Norgrove, Lindsey ^d   Muys, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d CABI   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Environmental response; GIS; Land suitability; MaxEnt; Precipitation; Productivity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; FOSSIL FUELS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION STATISTICS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRODUCTIVITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; LAND SUITABILITY; MAXENT; MINIMUM TEMPERATURES; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ANGIOSPERM; BIOENERGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; GIS; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRODUCTIVITY; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 79952038537     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2010.01049.x     Document Type: Article

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