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Research Article

Reinspecting the Climate-Crop Yields Relationship at a Finer Scale and the Climate Damage Evaluation: Evidence from China

Table 1

Summary of the climate-yield relationship for maize and wheat in China.
CropsClimate variablesJan.Feb.Mar.Apr.MayJun.Jul.Aug.Sep.Oct.Nov.Dec.
Spring maizeGDDs   (+)(−)(−)(−)(−)+   
Prec.   ++(+)(+)++   
Summer maizeGDDs    (−)−(−)−−   
Prec.    +(+)(+)+(−)   
Winter wheatGDDs(−)−−+−+  (−)+−+
Prec.−++(−)+−  (+)(+)+(−)
Spring wheatGDDs  −++(−)−     
Prec.  ++(+)+−