Building ecosystem resilience for climate change adaptation in the Asian highlands

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 709-718

  Xu, Jianchu ^a,b   Grumbine, R Edward ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; RIVERS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTIVE CAPACITY; BUILDING ECOSYSTEMS; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CONSERVATION ACTIONS; COORDINATED PLANNING; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY; STRATEGIC INTEGRATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84911468781     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.302     Document Type: Article

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