Hydrological impact of war-induced deforestation in the Mekong Basin

Ecohydrology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 901-903

  Lacombe, Guillaume ^a   Pierret, Alain ^b  

^a International Water Management Institute IWMI   (Laos)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Causal link; Data scarcity; Deforestation; Hydrological change; Mekong; Vietnam War

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL LINK; DATA SCARCITY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES; MEKONG; VIETNAM WAR;

AQUACULTURE; ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY;

DEFORESTATION;

DATA QUALITY; DEFORESTATION; DISCHARGE; EXPLOSION; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RAINFALL; WAR;

DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY;

MEKONG BASIN;

EID: 84885845032     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1395     Document Type: Article

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