Long-term environmental trends and the future of tropical wetlands

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 414-435

  Junk, Wolfgang J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flood plain; Tropical wetlands; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; WATER RESOURCES;

GLOBALIZATION;

WETLANDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUTURE PROSPECT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WETLAND;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GLOBAL CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; POLITICS; POPULATION; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA; TROPICS; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

EID: 0036947754     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892902000310     Document Type: Review

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