Spatial impact of projected changes in rainfall and temperature on wheat yields in Australia

Climatic Change

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 163-179

  Potgieter, A ^a   Meinke, H ^b,f   Doherty, A ^c   Sadras, V O ^d   Hammer, G ^a   Crimp, S ^e   Rodriguez, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; CLIMATE PROJECTION; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; FUNCTIONAL SIMULATIONS; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INCREASED TEMPERATURE; POTENTIAL BENEFITS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGROMETEOROLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; RAINFALL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

AUSTRALIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84873730312     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0543-0     Document Type: Article

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