Climate change and Indian forests

Current Science

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 348-355

  Gopalakrishnan, Ranjith ^a   Jayaraman, Mathangi ^a   Bala, Govindasamy ^a   Ravindranath, N H ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Climate change; Forest ecosystems; Impacts; Net primary productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053295711     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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