Assessing the impact of changes in land-use intensity and climate on simulated trade-offs between crop yield and nitrogen leaching

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 239, Issue , 2017, Pages 385-398

  Blanke, Jan Hendrik ^a   Olin, Stefan ^a   Stürck, Julia ^b   Sahlin, Ullrika ^c   Lindeskog, Mats ^a   Helming, John ^d   Lehsten, Veiko ^a,e  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fertilization; Land use intensity projections; LPJ GUESS; Nitrogen leaching; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CROP YIELD; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPEAN UNION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LEACHING; MAIZE; NITROGEN; TRADE-OFF; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85012942138     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2017.01.038     Document Type: Article

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