Climate change impacts on European crop yields: Do we need to consider nitrogen limitation?

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 71, Issue , 2015, Pages 123-134

  Webber, Heidi ^a   Zhao, Gang ^a   Wolf, Joost ^b   Britz, Wolfgang ^a   Vries, Wim de ^b   Gaiser, Thomas ^a   Hoffmann, Holger ^a   Ewert, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate impact assessment; European crop yields; Nitrogen limitation; SIMPLACE Crop modelling framework

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP YIELD; EUROPEAN UNION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LIMITING FACTOR; MAIZE; NITROGEN; POTATO; SUGAR BEET; WHEAT;

EUROPE;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BRASSICA NAPUS; HORDEUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84942571546     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2015.09.002     Document Type: Article

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