Effects of anthropogenic fire history on savanna vegetation in northeastern Namibia

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 189-198

  Sheuyange, Asser ^a   Oba, Gufu ^a   Weladji, Robert B ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic fires; Bush encroachment; Fire history; Indigenous knowledge of herders; Namibia; Savanna; Scale dependence; Species richness; Vegetation trends

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; VEGETATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC FIRE; ANTHROPOGENICS; BUSH ENCROACHMENT; FIRE HISTORY; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE OF HERDER; NAMIBIA; SAVANNA; SCALE DEPENDENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION TREND;

FIRES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FIRE HISTORY; SAVANNA; VEGETATION COVER;

ARTICLE; COVER CROP; ECOSYSTEM FIRE HISTORY; FIRE; FIRE ECOLOGY; FIRE PROTECTION; GRASS; GRAZING; HERB; LANDSCAPE; NAMIBIA; NONHUMAN; REGIONALIZATION; SAVANNA; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE; VEGETATION HISTORY; WOODY STEM;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 16844377245     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2004.11.004     Document Type: Article

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