The climate sensitive zone along an altitudinal gradient in central Himalayan rivers: a useful concept to monitor climate change impacts in mountain regions

Climatic Change

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 265-278

  Shah, Ram Devi Tachamo ^a,b   Sharma, Subodh ^c   Haase, Peter ^a,b   Jähnig, Sonja C ^a,b,d   Pauls, Steffen U ^a  

^a BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; WATER;

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CLIMATIC GRADIENTS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ALTITUDE; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATE; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRIORITIZATION; RIVER SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84940722638     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1417-z     Document Type: Article

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