'Alternative futures' of the Okavango Delta simulated by a suite of global climate and hydro-ecological models

Water SA

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 605-610

  Wolski, P ^a   Murray Hudson, M ^a  

^a Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Research Center   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Climate change; Development planning; GCM; Hydro ecological modelling; Wetland management

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CLIMATE MODELS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; LAND USE; WETLANDS;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DEVELOPMENT PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HYDRO-ECOLOGICAL MODELLING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; MANAGEMENT PLANNING; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE; WETLAND MANAGEMENT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; NGAMILAND; OKAVANGO DELTA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 55249120028     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v34i5.180658     Document Type: Review

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