Vegetation, fauna, and biodiversity of the Ile Delta and southern Lake Balkhash - A review

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 688-696

  Imentai, Aiman ^a   Thevs, Niels ^b,c   Schmidt, Sebastian ^d   Nurtazin, Sabir ^e   Salmurzauli, Ruslan ^e  

^a Institute of Zoology Almaty Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

^b World Agroforestry Center   (Kyrgyzstan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d Michael Succow Foundation   (Germany)

^e AL FARABI KAZAKH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Dryland; Endorheic river basin; Phragmites australis; Ramsar Site; Water resources

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; LAKES; RIVERS; VEGETATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCES; WETLANDS;

CENTRAL ASIA; DRYLAND; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; RAMSAR SITE; RIVER BASINS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; DISCHARGE; FAUNA; GRASS; INFLOW; LITERATURE REVIEW; LIVESTOCK FARMING; RUNOFF; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCE; WETLAND;

ARAL SEA; ILI DELTA; IRAN; KAZAKHSTAN; LAKE BALKHASH; MAZANDARAN; SAKHT SAR;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 84940448348     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2015.04.002     Document Type: Review

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