A multi-scale geospatial study of wetlands distribution and agricultural zones, and the case of India

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 344-360

  Nagabhatla, Nidhi ^a,b   Wickramasuriya, Rohan ^c   Prasad, Narendra ^d   Max Finlayson, C ^e  

^a International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)   (India)

^b International Water Management Institute IWMI   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d SÁLIM ALI CENTRE FOR ORNITHOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY   (India)

^e CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geospatial; Global; India; Ramsar sites; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951710192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291000300308     Document Type: Article

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