Drought is a recurring challenge in the Middle East

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3862-3867

  Kaniewski, David ^a,b   Van Campo, Elise ^a,b   Weiss, Harvey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; DROUGHT; ECONOMICS; HARVEST; MIDDLE EAST; MIGRATION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA;

EID: 84857973450     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1116304109     Document Type: Article

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