Impacts of present and future climate change and climate variability on agriculture in the temperate regions: North America

Increasing Climate Variability and Change: Reducing the Vulnerability of Agriculture and Forestry

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 137-164

  Motha, Raymond P ^a   Baier, Wolfgang ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

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EID: 84892262722     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4166-7_7     Document Type: Chapter

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