Identifying climatic limitations to grain maize yield potentials using a suitability evaluation approach

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 168, Issue , 2013, Pages 149-159

  Holzkamper A ^a   Calanca, P ^a   Fuhrer, J ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agroclimatic indices; Climate change; Climate suitability; Crop phenology; Impact assessment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; MAIZE; PHENOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER STRESS;

SWITZERLAND;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84867740977     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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