A framework for predicting and visualizing the East African wildebeest migration-route patterns in variable climatic conditions using geographic information system and remote sensing

Ecological Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 530-543

  Musiega, Douglas E ^a   Sanga Ngoie, Kazadi ^a   Fukuyama, Kaoru ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GIS; Migration; Remote sensing; Serengeti Mara; Wildebeest

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GIS; MIGRATION ROUTE; NDVI; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDICTION; REMOTE SENSING; TERRAIN; UNGULATE; VEGETATION; VISUALIZATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MARA; SERENGETI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

CONNOCHAETES; CONNOCHAETES TAURINUS;

EID: 33746385331     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0175-9     Document Type: Article

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