Climate variability and change over southern Africa: Impacts and challenges

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 17-20

  Sithole, Alec ^a   Murewi, Cyril T F ^a  

^a MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Challenges; Climate change; Environment; Impacts; Variability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NDVI; POPULATION GROWTH; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER; WATER RESOURCE;

AFRICA;

EID: 59449091748     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.01045.x     Document Type: Article

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