Woody vegetation resource changes around selected settlement along aridity gradient in the Kalahari, Botswana

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 469-482

  Sekhwela, Mogodisheng B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Drought; Gradient; Kalahari; Land use; Mortality; Rainfall; Resource; Settlements; Species; Woody vegetation

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; DROUGHT; LAND USE; MORTALITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; WOODY PLANT;

BOTSWANA; KALAHARI DESERT;

EID: 0038138077     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2002.1102     Document Type: Conference Paper

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