Adaptation to climate change: Changes in farmland use and stocking rate in the U.S

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 713-730

  Mu, Jianhong E ^a   McCarl, Bruce A ^a   Wein, Anne M ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Climate projection; Economic impacts; Fractional multinomial logit model; Land use; Stocking rate

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CENSUS; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMMODITY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HUMIDITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LOGIT ANALYSIS; PASTURE; STOCKING DENSITY; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

UNITED STATES;

BOS;

EID: 84879801297     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-012-9384-4     Document Type: Article

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