Encroachment of woody plants and its impact on pastoral livestock production in the Borana lowlands, southern Oromia, Ethiopia

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 237-246

  Dalle, Gemedo ^a,b   Maass, Brigitte L ^a   Isselstein, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Borana pastoralists; Bush encroachment; Density

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GRAZING; LIVESTOCK; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; WOODY PLANT;

AFRICA; BORANA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ACACIA; COMMIPHORA; COMMIPHORA AFRICANA; LANNEA;

EID: 33744504446     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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