Use of an ecohydrology model to predict the impact on the Serengeti ecosystem of deforestation, irrigation and the proposed Amala Weir Water Diversion Project in Kenya

Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 135-142

  Gereta, Emmanuel ^a   Wolanski, Eric ^b   Borner, Markus ^c   Serneels, Suzanne ^d  

^a Tanzania National Parks   (Tanzania)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c Frankfurt Zoological Society Arusha   (Tanzania)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Drought; Hydrology; Savannah; Sustainable development; Tanzania; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; DROUGHT; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; IRRIGATION; SAVANNA; WATER MANAGEMENT;

KENYA;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 0036983541     PISSN: 16423593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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