Adaptation potential of European agriculture in response to climate change

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 610-614

  Moore, Frances C ^a   Lobell, David B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; PROFITABILITY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; TIME SERIES;

EUROPE;

EID: 84903440366     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2228     Document Type: Article

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