Towards an ecohydrology-based restoration of the Usangu wetlands and the Great Ruaha River, Tanzania

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 489-503

  Mtahiko, M G G ^a   Gereta, E ^a   Kajuni, A R ^b   Chiombola, E A T ^c   Ng'umbi, G Z ^a   Coppolillo, P ^d   Wolanski, E ^e  

^a Tanzania National Parks   (Tanzania)

^b USAID   (Tanzania)

^c Lighthouse Group Limited   (Tanzania)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Tanzania)

^e AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cattle; Drought; Flood; Irrigation; Tanzania; Wetlands; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; ECOHYDROLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; GREAT RUAHA RIVER; IRINGA [TANZANIA]; MBEYA [TANZANIA]; RUAHA NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; USANGU PLAINS;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33750728889     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-006-9002-x     Document Type: Article

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