Rancher and farmer perceptions of climate change in Nevada, USA

Climatic Change

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 313-327

  Liu, Zhongwei ^a   Smith, William James ^b   Safi, Ahmad S ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE;

ARID LANDS; ENVIRONMENT CHANGE; FARMER PERCEPTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES; RESOURCE MANAGERS; RURAL COMMUNITY; RURAL RESIDENTS; SUPPORT POLICY;

GLOBAL WARMING;

ARID REGION; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FARMERS ATTITUDE; GENDER ROLE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; RANCHING;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890549312     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0979-x     Document Type: Article

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