Assessing drought risk in Mediterranean Dehesa grazing lands

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 149, Issue , 2016, Pages 65-74

  Iglesias, Eva ^c   Báez, Karen ^a   Diaz Ambrona, Carlos H ^b  

^a Ministerio de Salud   (Chile)

^b University Politécnica of Madrid   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation strategies; Bioeconomic model; Drought risk; Grazing livestock; Rangeland

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FARMING SYSTEM; GRAZING; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RANGELAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84983512687     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2016.07.017     Document Type: Article

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