Herders and wildgame behaviour as a strategy against desertification in northern Cameroon

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-190

  Pamo, Etienne Tedonkeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Desertification; Maga Dam; Nomadism; Pastoral ecosystem; Pastoralists; Resource exploitation mobility; Transhumance; Yaere

Indexed keywords

DESERTIFICATION; LAND DEGRADATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PASTORALISM; WILDLIFE BEHAVIOUR;

CAMEROON;

ANIMALIA; THESPESIA GRANDIFLORA;

EID: 0032102564     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1998.0400     Document Type: Conference Paper

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