Warming up to climate change: A participatory approach to engaging with agricultural stakeholders in the Southeast US

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 45-55

  Bartels, Wendy Lin ^a   Furman, Carrie A ^b   Diehl, David C ^a   Royce, Fred S ^a   Dourte, Daniel R ^a   Ortiz, Brenda V ^c   Zierden, David F ^d   Irani, Tracy A ^a   Fraisse, Clyde W ^a   Jones, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate adaptation; Experiential learning; Participatory process; Stakeholder network

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893061898     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-012-0371-9     Document Type: Article

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