Assessing the consequences of climate change for food and forest resources: A view from the IPCC

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

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 165-189

  Easterling, William ^a   Apps, Michael ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4166-7_8     Document Type: Chapter

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