Regional climatic considerations for borderlands sustainability

Ecosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gutzler, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Precipitation; Southwestern North America; Special Feature; Stream flow; Sustainability on the U.S. Mexico Border; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898057656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES12-00283.1     Document Type: Article

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