The Melting Himalayas: Cascading Effects of Climate Change on Water, Biodiversity, and Livelihoods

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Conservation Biology

• Publication date

  2009-06-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01237.xPMID 22748090
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