Contribution of crop model structure, parameters and climate projections to uncertainty in climate change impact assessments

Global Change Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 1291-1307

  Tao, Fulu ^a   Rötter, Reimund P ^b   Palosuo, Taru ^a   Gregorio Hernández Díaz Ambrona, Carlos ^c   Mínguez, M Inés ^c   Semenov, Mikhail A ^d   Kersebaum, Kurt Christian ^e   Nendel, Claas ^e   Specka, Xenia ^e   Hoffmann, Holger ^f   Ewert, Frank ^e,f   Dambreville, Anaelle ^g   Martre, Pierre ^g   Rodríguez, Lucía ^c   Ruiz Ramos, Margarita ^c   Gaiser, Thomas ^f   Höhn, Jukka G ^a   Salo, Tapio ^a   Ferrise, Roberto ^h   Bindi, Marco ^h   Cammarano, Davide ⁱ   Schulman, Alan H ^a,j   more..

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c University Politécnica of Madrid   (Spain)

^d ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^g UMR 759 LEPSE   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

ⁱ SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

more..

Author keywords

barley; climate change; Europe; impact; super ensemble; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BARLEY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP YIELD; GROWTH; GROWTH RESPONSE; PROBABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CATALONIA; FINLAND; JOKIOINEN; KANTA-HAME; LERIDA [CATALONIA]; SPAIN;

HORDEUM;

ARCTIC; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP; FINLAND; FORECASTING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TIME FACTOR; UNCERTAINTY;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FINLAND; FORECASTING; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 85040066201     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14019     Document Type: Article

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