Increasing temperature cuts back crop yields in Hungary over the last 90 years

Global Change Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 5426-5435

  Pinke, Zsolt ^a   Lövei, Gábor L ^b,c  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cereal production stagnation; climate sensitivity; climate warming; Eastern Europe; food security; grain yield impact

Indexed keywords

CEREAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FOOD SECURITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

EASTERN EUROPE; HUNGARY;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD GRAIN; HUNGARY; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DROUGHTS; EDIBLE GRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUNGARY; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EID: 85030697043     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13808     Document Type: Article

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