Habitat identity crisis caused by the riparian wetland squeeze in Tangon River Basin, Barind Region, India

Spatial Information Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 507-516

  Chakraborty, Rajsekhar ^a   Talukdar, Swapan ^a   Basu, Tithankar ^a   Pal, Swades ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOUR BANGA   (India)

Author keywords

Agriculture extension and Wetland loss; Discharge curtailing; Flood plain wetland; Water presence frequency approach

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DAMS; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

AGRICULTURE EXTENSION; AGRICULTURE EXTENSION AND WETLAND LOSS; DISCHARGE CURTAILING; FLOOD PLAIN WETLAND; FLOOD PLAINS; FREQUENCY APPROACH; RIVER BASINS; WATER PRESENCE FREQUENCY APPROACH; WETLAND AREA; WETLAND LOSS;

RIVERS;

EID: 85057715652     PISSN: 23663286     EISSN: 23663294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s41324-018-0193-z     Document Type: Article

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