Sensitivity of southern African maize yields to the definition of sowing dekad in a changing climate

Climatic Change

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 267-283

  Crespo, Olivier ^a   Hachigonta, Sepo ^a   Tadross, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; CONTROL PERIODS; CROP MODEL; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; FUTURE CLIMATE; LOCAL ADAPTATION; LONG TERM; MAIZE YIELD;

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS; FOOD SUPPLY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP YIELD; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; MAIZE; SOWING; YIELD RESPONSE;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79954997857     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-010-9924-4     Document Type: Article

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