Drought frequency changes in Sabah and adjacent parts of northern Borneo since the late nineteenth century and possible implications for tropical rain forest dynamics

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 385-407

  Walsh, Rory P D ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borneo; Climatic change; Drought; Extreme events; Fire; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATIC CHANGE; DROUGHT FREQUENCY; RAINFALL DATA; RAINFOREST; RAINFOREST DYNAMICS;

BORNEO, KALIMANTAN; BORNEO, SABAH;

EID: 0030472863     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400009585     Document Type: Article

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