Modelling the impacts of climate change on water balance and agricultural and forestry productivity in Southern Portugal using SWAT

Soil Hydrology, Land use and Agriculture: Measurement and Modelling

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 366-383

  Nunes, João Pedro ^a   Seixas, Júlia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

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