Conservation practices for climate change adaptation

Advances in Agronomy

Volumn 121, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-115

  Delgado, Jorge A ^a   Nearing, Mark A ^b   Rice, Charles W ^c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Conservation practices; Drought; Extreme events; Mitigation; Soil quality; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879256400     PISSN: 00652113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-407685-3.00002-5     Document Type: Chapter

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