Farm-scale adaptation and vulnerability to environmental stresses: Insights from winegrowing in Northern California

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 483-494

  Nicholas, Kimberly A ^a,c   Durham, William H ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Centre for Sustainability Studies ^*  (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Climate change; Climate change adaptation; Frost; Heat; Pests; Resilience; Vulnerability Scoping Diagram

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP YIELD; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FROST; GLOBAL CHANGE; VINE; VINEYARD; VULNERABILITY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860240658     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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