Interactions between temperature and drought in global and regional crop yield variability during 1961-2014

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Matiu, Michael ^a   Ankerst, Donna P ^a   Menzel, Annette ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWING SEASON; HARVEST; HEAT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PLANT YIELD; PRECIPITATION; RICE; SOYBEAN; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WHEAT; CROP; HISTORY; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DROUGHTS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85019731406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178339     Document Type: Review

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