Publications Selected under the Systematic Review (139):
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Bagchi R, Crosby M, Huntley B, et al. (2013) Evaluating the effectiveness of conservation site networks under
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Balica SF, Wright NG, van der Meulen F (2012) A flood vulnerability index for coastal cities and its use in
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Bhuiyan MJAN, Dutta D (2012) Assessing impacts of sea level rise on river salinity in the Gorai river network,
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Bhutiyani MR, Kale VS, Pawar NJ (2008) Changing streamflow patterns in the rivers of northwestern
Himalaya: Implications of global warming in the 20th century. Current Science 95:618–626.
Biggs EM, Watmough GR (2012) A COMMUNITY-LEVEL ASSESSMENT OF FACTORS AFFECTING
LIVELIHOODS IN NAWALPARASI DISTRICT, NEPAL. Journal of International Development
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Blignaut J, Ueckermann L, Aronson J (2009) Agriculture production’s sensitivity to changes in climate in South
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Boateng I (2012) An assessment of the physical impacts of sea-level rise and coastal adaptation: a case study of
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Cui X, Graf H-F (2009) Recent land cover changes on the Tibetan Plateau: a review. Climatic Change 94:47–
61. doi: 10.1007/s10584-009-9556-8
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2030. Current Science 101:372–383.
Dimri AP, Dash SK (2012) Wintertime climatic trends in the western Himalayas. Climatic Change 111:775–
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Druyan LM (2011) Studies of 21st-century precipitation trends over West Africa. International Journal of
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Erwin KL (2009) Wetlands and global climate change: the role of wetland restoration in a changing world.
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Fowler HJ, Archer DR (2006) Conflicting signals of climatic change in the Upper Indus Basin. Journal of
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Gain AK, Immerzeel WW, Weiland FCS, Bierkens MFP (2011) Impact of climate change on the stream flow of
the lower Brahmaputra: trends in high and low flows based on discharge-weighted ensemble modelling.
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 15:1537–1545. doi: 10.5194/hess-15-1537-2011
Gao J, Williams MW, Fu X, et al. (2012) Spatiotemporal distribution of snow in eastern Tibet and the response
to climate change. Remote Sensing of Environment 121:1–9. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.01.006
Gardelle J, Arnaud Y, Berthier E (2011) Contrasted evolution of glacial lakes along the Hindu Kush Himalaya
mountain range between 1990 and 2009. Global and Planetary Change 75:47–55. doi:
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Gaughan AE, Waylen PR (2012) Spatial and temporal precipitation variability in the Okavango–Kwando–
Zambezi catchment, southern Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 82:19–30. doi:
10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.02.007
Gautam MR, Acharya K, Tuladhar MK (2010) Upward trend of streamflow and precipitation in a small, nonsnow-fed, mountainous watershed in Nepal. Journal of Hydrology 387:304–311. doi:
10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.04.022
Gentle P, Maraseni TN (2012) Climate change, poverty and livelihoods: adaptation practices by rural mountain
communities in Nepal. Environmental Science & Policy 21:24–34. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.03.007
Ghosh S, Dutta S (2012) Impact of climate change on flood characteristics in Brahmaputra basin using a macroscale distributed hydrological model. Journal of Earth System Science 121:637–657. doi: 10.1007/s12040012-0181-y
Giannini A (2010) Mechanisms of Climate Change in the Semiarid African Sahel: The Local View. Journal of
Climate 23:743–756. doi: 10.1175/2009JCLI3123.1
Gonzalez P, Tucker CJ, Sy H (2012) Tree density and species decline in the African Sahel attributable to
climate. Journal of Arid Environments 78:55 – 64. doi: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.11.001
Gopal B (2013) Future of wetlands in tropical and subtropical Asia, especially in the face of climate change.
Aquatic Sciences 75:39–61. doi: 10.1007/s00027-011-0247-y
Gopal B, Chauhan M (2006) Biodiversity and its conservation in the Sundarban Mangrove Ecosystem. Aquatic
Sciences 68:338–354. doi: 10.1007/s00027-006-0868-8
Gopalakrishnan R, Jayaraman M, Bala G, Ravindranath NH (2011) Climate change and Indian forests. Current
Science 101:348–355.
Gosain AK, Rao S, Arora A (2011) Climate change impact assessment of water resources of India. Current
Science (00113891) 101:356–371.
Goswami BN, Venugopal V, Sengupta D, et al. (2006) Increasing Trend of Extreme Rain Events Over India in a
Warming Environment. Science 314:1442–1445. doi: 10.1126/science.1132027
Goyal MK, Ojha CSP, Burn DH (2012) Nonparametric Statistical Downscaling of Temperature, Precipitation,
and Evaporation in a Semiarid Region in India. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 17:615–627. doi:
10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000479
Gupta PK, Panigrahy S, Parihar JS (2011) Impact of Climate Change on Runoff of the Major River Basins of
India Using Global Circulation Model (HadCM3) Projected Data. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote
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Hoffman MT, Carrick PJ, Gillson L, West AG (2009) Drought, climate change and vegetation response in the
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Hoffman MT, Rohde RF (2011) Rivers Through Time: Historical Changes in the Riparian Vegetation of the
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Hosterman HR, McCornick PG, Kistin EJ, et al. (2012) Freshwater, climate change and adaptation in the
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Huebener H, Kerschgens M (2007) Downscaling of current and future rainfall climatologies for southern
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10.1002/joc.1457
Hughes DA, Kingston DG, Todd MC (2011) Uncertainty in water resources availability in the Okavango River
basin as a result of climate change. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 15:931–941. doi: 10.5194/hess15-931-2011
Immerzeel W (2008) Historical trends and future predictions of climate variability in the Brahmaputra basin.
International Journal of Climatology 28:243–254. doi: 10.1002/joc.1528
Immerzeel WW, van Beek LPH, Bierkens MFP (2010) Climate Change Will Affect the Asian Water Towers.
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Jain SK, Goswami A, Saraf AK (2010) Assessment of Snowmelt Runoff Using Remote Sensing and Effect of
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Jung G, Kunstmann H (2007) High-resolution regional climate modeling for the Volta region of West Africa.
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Karim MF, Mimura N (2008) Impacts of climate change and sea-level rise on cyclonic storm surge floods in
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Karki MB, Shrestha AB, Winiger M (2011) Enhancing Knowledge Management and Adaptation Capacity for
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Kenabatho PK, Parida BP, Moalafhi DB (2012) The value of large-scale climate variables in climate change
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Kumar K, Joshi S, Joshi V (2008) Climate variability, vulnerability, and coping mechanism in Alaknanda
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the Tibet- and Bhutan-Himalayas. Quaternary International 282:104–112. doi:
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