Privatization, Drought, and Fire Exclusion in the Tuul River Watershed, Mongolia

Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1139-1151

  Saladyga, Thomas ^a   Hessl, Amy ^b   Nachin, Baatarbileg ^c   Pederson, Neil ^d  

^a Concord University ^*  (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA   (Mongolia)

^d Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

dendrochronology; drought; land use; Mongolia; privatization; wildfire

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL CITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MOISTURE CONTENT; PRIVATIZATION; RIVER SYSTEM; STEPPE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATERSHED; WILDFIRE;

CENTRAL PROVINCE [MONGOLIA]; MONGOLIA; ULAANBAATAR;

EID: 84881547134     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-013-9673-0     Document Type: Article

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