Influence of climate factors on spatial distribution of Texas cattle breeds

Climatic Change

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 183-195

  Zhang, Yuquan W ^a   Hagerman, Amy D ^b   McCarl, Bruce A ^c  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS; CLIMATE FACTORS; COUNTY LEVEL; ESTIMATION RESULTS; MARGINAL EFFECTS; MEMBERSHIP PROBABILITY; MULTIVARIATE PROBIT; SUMMER HEAT;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BREEDING; CATTLE; CLIMATE; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PROBABILITY; SELECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 84876670012     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0642-y     Document Type: Article

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