Natural environment assessment and vegetation indicators for IWRM scenarios in the Upper Brahmaputra River Basin (2024)

Wagner-Lücker, I., Exler, N., & Janauer, G. A. (2009). Natural environment assessment and vegetation indicators for IWRM scenarios in the Upper Brahmaputra River Basin. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 11, 9919. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009EGUGA..11.9919W

Wagner-Lücker, Iris ; Exler, N. ; Janauer, G. A. / Natural environment assessment and vegetation indicators for IWRM scenarios in the Upper Brahmaputra River Basin. in: Geophysical Research Abstracts. 2009 ; Band 11. S. 9919.

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Natural environment assessment and vegetation indicators for IWRM scenarios in the Upper Brahmaputra River Basin. / Wagner-Lücker, Iris; Exler, N.; Janauer, G. A.

in: Geophysical Research Abstracts, Band 11, 01.04.2009, S. 9919.

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Wagner-Lücker I, Exler N, Janauer GA. Natural environment assessment and vegetation indicators for IWRM scenarios in the Upper Brahmaputra River Basin. Geophysical Research Abstracts. 2009 Apr 1;11:9919.