An ecohydrological sketch of climate change impacts on water and natural ecosystems for the Netherlands: Bridging the gap between science and society

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3945-3957

  Witte, J P M ^a,b   Runhaar, J ^a   Van Ek, R ^c   Van Der Hoek, D C J ^d   Bartholomeus, R P ^a   Batelaan, O ^e,f   Van Bodegom, P M ^b   Wassen, M J ^g   T M Van Der Zee, S E A ^h  

^a KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^d PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^f FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; ECOLOGICAL EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL MODELS; FUTURE CLIMATE; HEATHLANDS; HYDROLOGICAL SIMULATIONS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; NATURE RESERVES; NETHERLANDS; PLANT PERFORMANCE; POLICY DOCUMENTS; POLICY MAKING; POTENTIAL THREATS; REGIONAL SCALE; SKETCH MAPS; SPATIAL PLANNING; WATER BALANCE; WATER SOURCE; WEATHER EXTREMES;

ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; RAIN; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; POLICY MAKING; SIMULATION; SURFACE WATER; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84868588439     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-3945-2012     Document Type: Article

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