Beguiling and risky: 'Environmental works and measures' for wetland conservation under a changing climate

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 708, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 111-131

  Pittock, Jamie ^a   Finlayson, C Max ^b   Howitt, Julia ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Floodplain; Maladaptation; Murray Darling; Opportunity cost; Overly narrow adaptation; River

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FLOODPLAIN; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

EID: 84898946358     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1292-9     Document Type: Article

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