Channelling the future? The use of seasonal climate forecasts in climate adaptation

Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in Agricultural Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 233-252

  Rickards, Lauren ^a   Howden, Mark ^b   Crimp, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

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