Spatial sensitivity of grassland yields to weather variations in Austria and its implications for the future

Applied Geography

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 332-341

  Neuwirth, Christian ^a   Hofer, Barbara ^b  

^a DK GIScience   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climatic Water Balance; Grassland yield; Reference crop evapotranspiration; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP YIELD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RESPONSE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER BUDGET;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 84886613660     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.08.010     Document Type: Article

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