Mediterranean water resources in a global change scenario

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 121-139

  García Ruiz, José M ^a   López Moreno, Ignacio ^a   Vicente Serrano, Sergio M ^a   Lasanta Martínez, Teodoro ^a   Beguería, Santiago ^b  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hydrological change; Land cover changes; Mediterranean region; Reservoir management; Snow accumulation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCHARGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LAND COVER; RECYCLING; SNOW ACCUMULATION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 79952185708     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.01.006     Document Type: Review

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