Upland watershed management and global change: Canada's Rocky Mountains and western plains

Managing Water Resources in a Time of Global Change: Mountains, Valleys and Flood Plains: Contributions from the Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 32-49

  Sauchyn, Dave ^a   Demuth, Michael ^c   Pietroniro, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c NONE

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EID: 84917272059     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203884386     Document Type: Chapter

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