Local perceptions of climate change validated by scientific evidence in the Himalayas

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 767-770

  Chaudhary, Pashupati ^a   Bawa, Kamaljit S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Environment   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change; Himalayas; Local knowledge; Local perceptions

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOWERING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MOSQUITO; PERCEPTION; POLICY MAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

DARJEELING; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; NEPAL; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 80053592602     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0269     Document Type: Article

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