Estimation of potential changes in cereals production under climate change scenarios

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 2715-2725

  Tatsumi, Kenichi ^a   Yamashiki, Yosuke ^a   Valmir da Silva, Roberto ^a   Takara, Kaoru ^a   Matsuoka, Yuzuru ^a   Takahashi, Kiyoshi ^b   Maruyama, Koki ^c   Kawahara, Naoko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crop yields; GCM; IGAEZ; Irrigation; SRES A1B

Indexed keywords

AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES; CEREALS PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CLIMATE CONDITION; COLD WEATHER; CROP CONDITION; CROP PRODUCTIVITY; CROP YIELD; EASTERN CHINA; FUTURE CLIMATE; GCM; GLOBAL SCALE; GREEN BEANS; GROWTH CYCLE; IGAEZ; OPTIMUM CRITERIA; POTENTIAL CHANGE; SRES A1B; SWEET POTATO; TEMPERATURE RISE;

CROPS; GLOBAL WARMING;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CEREAL; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RESPONSE; IRRIGATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; YIELD RESPONSE;

CANADA; CHINA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

GLYCINE MAX; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79961128042     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8012     Document Type: Article

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