Impacts of climate change and alternative adaptation options on winter wheat yield and water productivity in a dry climate in Central Europe

Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 537-555

  Thaler, S ^a   Eitzinger, J ^a,b   Trnka, M ^b,c   Dubrovsky, M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b CzechGlobe Center for Global Climate Change Impacts Studies   (Czech Republic)

^c MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP YIELD; GROWING SEASON; HEDGEROW; LEACHING; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PLOWING; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; TILLAGE; WATER BUDGET; WATER DEMAND; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WHEAT;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; MARCHFELD;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84865485148     PISSN: 00218596     EISSN: 14695146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021859612000093     Document Type: Article

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