Predicting climate change effects on agriculture from ecological niche modeling: Who profits, who loses?

Climatic Change

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 177-189

  Beck, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; FOOD SUPPLY; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PRODUCTIVITY;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; MITIGATION STRATEGY; PREDICTOR VARIABLES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP YIELD; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD SUPPLY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NICHE; PREDICTION;

AFRICA; ASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 84871427875     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0481-x     Document Type: Article

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