2020
Murray-Tortarolo, Guillermo N; Jaramillo, Víctor J
Precipitation extremes in recent decades impact cattle populations at the global and national scales Journal Article
In: Science of The Total Environment, vol. 736, pp. 139557, 2020.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: cattle, climate change, Extreme climate events, livestock
@article{MurrayTortarolo2020,
title = {Precipitation extremes in recent decades impact cattle populations at the global and national scales},
author = {Guillermo N Murray-Tortarolo and Víctor J Jaramillo},
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doi = {10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139557},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-01-01},
journal = {Science of The Total Environment},
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2019
Murray-tortarolo, Guillermo N; Jaramillo, Víctor J
The impact of extreme weather events on livestock populations: the case of the 2011 drought in Mexico Journal Article
In: Climatic Change, 2019.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: cattle, Climate vulnerability, Extreme climate events, livestock
@article{Jaramillo2019,
title = {The impact of extreme weather events on livestock populations: the case of the 2011 drought in Mexico},
author = {Guillermo N Murray-tortarolo and Víctor J Jaramillo},
url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-019-02373-1?utm_source=researcher_app&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=MKEF_USG_Researcher_inbound},
doi = {10.1007/s10584-019-02373-1},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
journal = {Climatic Change},
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