Impact of climate change on human-wildlife-ecosystem interactions in the Trans-Himalaya region of Nepal

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 115, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 517-529

  Aryal, Achyut ^a   Brunton, Dianne ^a   Raubenheimer, David ^a,b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; MODEL TEST; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RAINFALL; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SNOW; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

DHAULAGIRI; MUSTANG; NEPAL;

OVIS ARIES; POACEAE; UNCIA UNCIA;

EID: 84893406910     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-013-0902-4     Document Type: Article

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