Drought, climate change, and the risk of desertification on the Canadian prairies

Prairie Forum

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 143-156

  Sauchyn, Dave ^a   Kennedy, Sam ^b   Stroich, Jennifer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERTIFICATION; DROUGHT; LAND DEGRADATION; SOIL DEGRADATION;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12944260422     PISSN: 03176282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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