Response of crop yields to climate trends since 1980 in China

Climate Research

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 233-247

  Tao, Fulu ^a   Zhang, Zhao ^b   Zhang, Shuai ^a,c   Zhu, Zhu ^a   Shi, Wenjiao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Agriculture; Climate change; Impacts and vulnerability; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE IMPACTS; CLIMATE TRENDS; CLIMATE WARMING; CROP DEVELOPMENT; CROP GROWTH; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DATA SETS; DIFFERENT SCALE; GROWING PERIOD; HEAT STRESS; IMPACTS AND VULNERABILITY; MAIZE PRODUCTION; NORTHEAST CHINA; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RICE YIELD; SEMIARID AREA; SENSITIVITY; SOYBEAN PRODUCTION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TEMPERATURE EXTREMES; THERMAL CONDITION;

AGRICULTURE; ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVATION; OILSEEDS; SUN;

CROPS;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP PLANT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; GROWTH RATE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84867852907     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01131     Document Type: Review

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