Cattle ranching and ecological change in the Kalahari, Botswana: A hydrological perspective

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 240, Issue , 1997, Pages 469-477

  Dougill, Andrew ^a   Heathwaite, Louise ^b   Thomas, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARID REGIONS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

CATTLE RANCHING; SEMIARID SAVANNAH ECOSYSTEMS; SOIL WATER AVAILABILITY; VEGETATION CHANGES;

HYDROLOGY;

EID: 3342963983     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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