The adaptation and mitigation potential of traditional agriculture in a changing climate

Climatic Change

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 33-45

  Altieri, Miguel A ^a   Nicholls, Clara I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AGRONOMY; BIODIVERSITY; CROPS; CULTIVATION; FOOD SUPPLY; GLOBAL WARMING; WATER CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; CLIMATIC VARIABLES; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; TRADITIONAL MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84883640524     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0909-y     Document Type: Article

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