Assessing the impacts of changing land cover and climate on Hokersar wetland in Indian Himalayas

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 143-160

  Romshoo, Shakil Ahmad ^a   Rashid, Irfan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Catchment; Hydrometeorology; Remote sensing; Spatiotemporal changes

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LAND COVER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; WATER DEPTH; WETLAND;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

AVES;

EID: 84891559704     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-012-0761-9     Document Type: Article

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