Impacts of snow disaster on meat production and adaptation: an empirical analysis in the yellow river source region

Sustainability Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 249-260

  Fang, Yi ping ^a   Zhao, Chen ^a,b   Ding, Yong jian ^c   Qin, Da he ^c   Huang, Jia li ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptive performance; Meat production; Snow disaster prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958165716     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-015-0325-5     Document Type: Article

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