Exposure of global mountain systems to climate warming during the 21st Century

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 420-428

  Nogues Bravo D ^a,b   Araujo M B ^b,c   Errea, M P ^d   Martinez Rica J P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate warming; Exposure rank; Impact assessment; Mountains; Spatial patterns; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATURAL HAZARD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 34250658393     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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