Tree loss in the Gonarezhou National Park (Zimbabwe) between 1970 and 1983

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 355-366

  Tafangenyasha, C ^a  

^a Gonarezhou National Parks   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Elephants; Gonarezhou National Park; Photopanoramas; Tree loss; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

PARKS;

ELEPHANT; GONAREZHOU NATIONAL PARK; MORTALITY RATE; NATIONAL PARKS; PHOTOPANORAMA; SIMPLE++; TREE LOSS; TREE MORTALITY; TREE POPULATION; ZIMBABWE;

DROUGHT;

RAIN;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ELEPHANT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FIRE; FOREST; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; TREE; ZIMBABWE;

DROUGHT; ELEPHANT; FIRE; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT; TREE LOSS;

ZIMBABWE, GONAREZHOU NATIONAL PARK;

ELEPHANT; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 0031082094     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.1996.9987     Document Type: Article

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