Assessing environmental conditions of major river basins in Africa as surrogates for watershed health

Ecosystem Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 265-274

  Singh, Ashbindu ^a   Dieye, Amadou ^b   Finco, Mark ^c  

^a EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

^b Third World Forum Dakar   (Senegal)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; WATERSHED;

AFRICA;

EID: 0033507783     PISSN: 10762825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-0992.1999.09945.x     Document Type: Article

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