Coping with climate-induced water stresses through time and space in the mountains of Southwest China

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 855-866

  Su, Yufang ^b,c   Xu, Jianchu ^a,b   Wilkes, Andy ^b   Lu, Juliet ^b   Li, Qiaohong ^a,b   Fu, Yao ^a   Ma, Xing ^b   Edward Grumbine, R ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Collective action; Mountain; Water stresses; Yunnan province

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869155680     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-012-0304-7     Document Type: Article

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