Impacts of climate change on virtual water content of crops in China

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 19, Issue , 2014, Pages 26-34

  Zhao, Qianbin ^a   Liu, Junguo ^a   Khabarov, Nikolay ^b   Obersteiner, Michael ^b   Westphal, Michael ^c,d  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Philippines)

^d ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; GEPIC model; Water resources; Water use

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOOD SECURITY; MAIZE; RICE; SOYBEAN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TILL; WATER CONTENT; WATER RESOURCE; WHEAT;

CHINA;

EID: 84891284240     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2013.12.005     Document Type: Article

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