Impact of land cover change on a mountain ecosystem and its services: case study from the Phobjikha valley, Bhutan

Ecosystem Health and Sustainability

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Chaudhary, Sunita ^a,c   Tshering, Dago ^b   Phuntsho, Tshering ^b   Uddin, Kabir ^a   Shakya, Bandana ^a   Chettri, Nakul ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^b Royal Society for Protection of Nature   (Bhutan)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bhutan; ecosystem services; land cover change; local community; Phobjikha valley

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043711434     PISSN: 20964129     EISSN: 23328878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20964129.2017.1393314     Document Type: Article

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