Woody vegetation change in Sahelian West Africa: Evidence from local knowledge

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 553-567

  Wezel, A ^a,b   Lykke, A M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b Building 1540 ^*  (Germany)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Degradation; Dynamics; Ethnobotany; Local knowledge; Participatory rural appraisal (PRA); Sahel; Semi arid; Shrubs; Trees

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DROUGHT; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; VEGETATION;

AFRICA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33750742420     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-006-9055-2     Document Type: Article

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