Predicting the risks from climate change to forage and crop production for animal feed

Animal Frontiers

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-41

  Wheeler, Tim ^a   Reynolds, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal feed; Climate change; Crops; Maize; Soybean

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880798790     PISSN: 21606056     EISSN: 21606064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/af.2013-0006     Document Type: Article

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