A review on statistical models for identifying climate contributions to crop yields

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 567-576

  Shi, Wenjiao ^a,b   Tao, Fulu ^b   Zhang, Zhao ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

adaptation; climate change; crop yield; influence; statistical model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876438833     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-013-1029-3     Document Type: Article

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