Good or bad rangeland? Hybrid knowledge, science and local understandings of vegetation dynamics in the Kalahari

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 215-231

  Thomas, D S G ^a   Twyman, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological change; Hybrid knowledge; Kalahari; Knowledge repertoires; Land degradation; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; VEGETATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES; LAND DEGRADATION;

LAND USE;

GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LAND DEGRADATION; LIVESTOCK; SAVANNA;

AFRICA; KALAHARI DESERT; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 3042549105     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.610     Document Type: Article

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