Dam construction and ecological change in the riparian forest of the Hadejia-Jama'are floodplain, Nigeria

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 279-295

  Thomas, D H L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Environmental change; Floodplain; Impact of dams; Nigeria; Riparian forest; Spatio temporal complexity; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

RIPARIA;

DAM CONSTRUCTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECOLOGICAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLOODPLAIN; FOREST REGENERATION; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; REGENERATION; RIPARIAN FOREST; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NIGERIA, HADEJIA-JAMA'ARE VALLEY;

EID: 0030326358     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-145X(199612)7:4<279::AID-LDR234>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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