Land use and climate change on the Yamal Peninsula of north-west Siberia: Some ecological and socio-economic implications

Polar Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 367-373

  Forbes, Bruce C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; LAND USE CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA; YAMAL PENINSULA;

EID: 0033511662     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.1999.tb00316.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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