Changing climate and endangered high mountain ecosystems in Colombia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 398, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 122-132

  Ruiz, Daniel ^a   Moreno, Hernán Alonso ^a   Gutiérrez, María Elena ^a   Zapata, Paula Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Glaciers; Global change; High mountain ecosystems; P ramos

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; RAIN; RIVERS;

GLOBAL CHANGE; HIGH MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

RAIN;

ANDEAN OROGENY; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; GLACIER; GLOBAL CHANGE; ICE CAP; MOUNTAIN REGION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD; COLOMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; HUMIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; SUN; TEMPERATURE; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER;

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE; COLOMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMIDITY; RAIN; RIVERS; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; COLOMBIA; CORDILLERA CENTRAL [COLOMBIA]; EURASIA; EUROPE; PARAMOS; PORTUGAL; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 44149108640     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.02.038     Document Type: Article

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