Climate and crop yields impacted by ENSO episodes on the North China Plain: 1956-2006

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-59

  Liu, Yuan ^a,b,c   Yang, Xiaoguang ^c   Wang, Enli ^d   Xue, Changying ^e  

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e Henan Institute of Meteorological Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Crop yield; El Ni o; ENSO; La Ni a; North China Plain

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84893643174     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-013-0455-1     Document Type: Article

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