2000 years of cultural adaptation to climate change in the Southwestern United States

Ambio

Volumn 37, Issue SPEC. ISS. 14, 2008, Pages 489-497

  Blinman, Eric ^a  

^a Museum New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HISTORY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SUSTAINABILITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CLIMATE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149216286     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-37.sp14.489     Document Type: Conference Paper

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