A geomorphological based banded ('tiger') vegetation pattern related to former dune fields in Sokoto (Northern Nigeria)

Catena

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 45-56

  Zonneveld, Isaak S ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(Banded) vegetation pattern; Brousse tigree; Coversands; Interpretation of aerial photographs; Reconnaissance land unit survey; Savanna; Surface run off; Surface sealing; Tiger pattern

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DUNE FIELD; SAVANNA; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION MAPPING;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0032813597     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(98)00073-3     Document Type: Article

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