Trends in Quinoa Yield over the Southern Bolivian Altiplano: Lessons from Climate and Land-Use Projections

Quinoa: Improvement and Sustainable Production

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 47-62

  Rambal, Serge ^a,b   Ratte, Jean Pierre ^a   Mouillot, Florent ^a   Winkel, Thierry ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Global climate model; Land use projections; Local land resources; Quinoa yield; Southern Bolivian Altiplano

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; FROST EFFECTS; LAND USE; NATURAL RESOURCES;

BOLIVIAN ALTIPLANO; CLIMATIC TRENDS; CROP PRODUCTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; LAND RESOURCES; LAND-USE SCENARIO; QUINOA YIELD; WATER BALANCE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84973287441     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118628041.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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