Vulnerability of Ecosystem Services in the Mediterranean Region to Climate Changes in Combination with Other Pressures

Advances in Global Change Research

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-29

  Hoff, Holger ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Desertification; Ecosystem services; Land degradation; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897957956     PISSN: 15740919     EISSN: 22151621     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5772-1_2     Document Type: Chapter

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