Effects of artificial water points on the Oshana ecosystem in Namibia

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-54

  Nangula, S ^a   Oba, Gufu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Artificial water points; Desertification; Herbaceous biomass; Herbaceous species richness; mopane; Namibia; Oshana ecosystem; Piosphere

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; BIODIVERSITY; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; WATER;

ARTIFICIAL WATER POINTS; DESERTIFICATION; GRASSLANDS; LANDSCAPES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RANGELAND; SEMIARID REGION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER SUPPLY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; LANDSCAPE; NAMIBIA; SEMIARID CLIMATE; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY; WILDLIFE;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

COLOPHOSPERMUM MOPANE;

EID: 2442528598     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892904001079     Document Type: Article

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