Influence of climate factors on spatial distribution of Texas cattle breeds

abstract

• This paper investigates the spatial distribution of cattle breeders in Texas to quantify how climate factors influence cattle breed selection. A multivariate probit model is employed to examine the county-level binary choices of Bos taurus, Bos indicus and composite breeds derived from cattle breed association membership data. The estimation results suggest that summer heat stress is a significant factor for breed selection: positive for Bos indicus and negative for Bos taurus and composite breeds, with the average marginal effects on breed membership probability being 9. 7 %, -26. 5 % and -7. 9 %, respectively. The intensity of the summer heat impacts can lead to noteworthy changes in spatial distributions of Texas cattle breeds in the event of climate change. 2012 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.

authors

• Mccarl, Bruce

published proceedings

• CLIMATIC CHANGE

altmetric score

• 8.544

author list (cited authors)

• Zhang, Y. W., Hagerman, A. D., & McCarl, B. A.

citation count

• 29

complete list of authors

• Zhang, Yuquan W||Hagerman, Amy D||McCarl, Bruce A

publication date

• May 2013

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• Climatic Change  Journal

keywords

• 13 Climate Action
• 30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences
• 3003 Animal Production

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/s10584-012-0642-y

start page

• 183

end page

• 195

volume

• 118

issue

• 2

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1007%2Fs10584-012-0642-y

user-defined tag

• 13 Climate Action