A conceptual model of biocomplexity in the upper botanamo river Basin

Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Modelling, Simulation, and Optimization

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 297-302

  Delgado, Luz ^a   Resales, Judith ^a   Castellanos, Hernán ^a   Figueroa, Juana ^a   Leal, Sara ^a   Mansutti, Alexander ^a   Rodríguez, Antonio ^a   Sanchez, Becker ^a   Blanca, Rafael ^a   Valeri, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DE GUAYANA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Biocomplexity; Ecological economics; Forest diversity; Guiana Shield; Imataca; Water quality

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

BIOCOMPLEXITY; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; FOREST DIVERSITY; GUIANA SHIELD;

RIVER BASIN PROJECTS;

FORESTRY; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 33751225085     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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