Unravelling mongolia's extreme winter disaster of 2010

Nomadic Peoples

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-86

  Sternberg, Troy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disaster; Dzud; Livestock mortality; Mongolia; Pastoralism

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXTREME EVENT; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTER; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PASTORALISM; VULNERABILITY; WINTER;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 78651282740     PISSN: 08227942     EISSN: 17522366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/np.2010.140105     Document Type: Article

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