Climate characteristics and their relationship with soybean and maize yields in Argentina, Brazil and the United States

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1471-1483

  Llano, María Paula ^a   Vargas, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Crops yields; Extreme temperature; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CROPS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CLIMATE CHARACTERISTICS; CLIMATE INFORMATION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATE VARIABLES; CROP DEVELOPMENT; DIFFERENT STAGES; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; REGIONAL HOMOGENEITY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; MAIZE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOYBEAN; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; YIELD RESPONSE;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84937605634     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4439     Document Type: Article

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