Estimating future ecoregion distributions within the Okavango Delta Wetlands based on hydrological simulations and future climate and development scenarios

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 381, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 89-100

  Milzow, C ^a   Burg, V ^a   Kinzelbach, W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecohydrology; Ecoregion distribution; Numerical modeling; Okavango Delta; Wetland management

Indexed keywords

ECO-HYDROLOGY; ECOREGIONS; NUMERICAL MODELING; OKAVANGO DELTA; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOREGION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

BOTSWANA; NGAMILAND; OKAVANGO DELTA;

EID: 73649140949     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.11.028     Document Type: Article

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