Towards adaptation of agriculture to climate change in the Mediterranean

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 159-166

  Iglesias, Ana ^a   Mougou, Raoudha ^b   Moneo, Marta ^c   Quiroga, Sonia ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^c POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Agriculture; Climate change; Mediterranean; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952108016     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-010-0187-4     Document Type: Article

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