Attribution of climate change: A methodology to estimate the potential contribution to increases in potato yield in Scotland since 1960

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1372-1388

  Gregory, Peter J ^a,c,d   Marshall, Bruce ^a,b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b East Malling Research ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c EAST MALLING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crop modelling; Crop production; Crop yield; Frost free days; Phenology; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CANOPY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; METHODOLOGY; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POTATO; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84858440259     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02601.x     Document Type: Article

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