Climatic change and its possible impacts in the alpine région;Changement climatique et impacts possibles dans la région alpine

Revue de Geographie Alpine

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 13-32

  Beniston, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine vegetation; Climatic changes; Climatic impacts; Convention about climatic changes; Cryosphere; Hydrology; Models of climates

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; MODELING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 23044504387     PISSN: 00351121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3406/rga.2005.2341     Document Type: Article

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