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

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 5; p. e0178339
• Main Authors: Matiu, Michael, Ankerst, Donna P., Menzel, Annette
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 26.05.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Agricultural management; Agricultural production; Agriculture; Amplification; Analysis; Biology and Life Sciences; Climate; Climate change; Climate effects; Climate variability; Climatic variability; Corn; Crop yield; Crop yields; Crops; Crops, Agricultural; Damage; Drought; Droughts; Earth Sciences; Environmental aspects; Evapotranspiration; Evapotranspiration-precipitation relationships; Food; Food supply; Germany; Growing season; Harvest; High temperature; High temperatures; History, 20th Century; History, 21st Century; Influence; Legumes; People and Places; Precipitation; Rainfall; Research and Analysis Methods; Rice; Seasons; Soybeans; Temperature; Temperature effects; United States; Variability; Variables; Water shortages; Wheat; Germany

Inter-annual crop yield variation is driven in large parts by climate variability, wherein the climate components of temperature and precipitation often play the biggest role. Nonlinear effects of temperature on yield as well as interactions among the climate variables have to be considered. Links b...