Dangerous climate change in the Pacific Islands: Food production and food security

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 229-237

  Barnett, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Development; Fisheries; Small Islands; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952102813     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-010-0160-2     Document Type: Article

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