Ecohydrology and Climate Change in the Mountains of the Western USA - A Review of Research and Opportunities

Geography Compass

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1648-1663

  Tague, Christina ^a   Dugger, Aubrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MOUNTAIN REGION; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOWMELT; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAMFLOW; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79251477566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2010.00400.x     Document Type: Article

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