WWF initiatives to study the impact of climate change on Himalayan high-altitude wetlands (HAWS)

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-52

  Chatterjee, Archna ^a   Blom, Esther ^b   Gujja, Biksham ^c   Jacimovic, Ruzica ^d   Beevers, Lindsay ^d   O'Keeffe, Jay ^d   Beland, Michael ^e   Biggs, Trent ^e  

^a WWFIndia   (India)

^b WWF Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c WWF INTERNATIONAL   (Switzerland)

^d UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; WETLAND;

HIMALAYAS;

EID: 77649247965     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-09-00091.1     Document Type: Article

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