Synthesis of Regional Impacts and Global Agricultural Adjustments

Crop Adaptation to Climate Change

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 156-165

  Turner, Neil C ^a   Meyer, Rolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Crop acclimation; Crop adaptation; Dry spells; Hot spells; Inter and intra regional diversity; Water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052779835     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470960929.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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