The geography of pastoral mobility: A spatio-temporal analysis of GPS data from Sahelian Senegal

GeoJournal

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 177-188

  Adriansen, Hanne Kirstine ^a   Nielsen, Thomas Theis ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

GPS data; Pastoral mobility; Senegal; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MAPPING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER;

GPS DATA; PASTORAL MOBILITY; SENEGAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

LAND USE;

CATTLE; GPS; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MOBILITY; PASTORALISM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33747153298     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-005-5646-y     Document Type: Article

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