A study of climate change and anthropogenic impacts in West Africa

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 182-189

  Wittig, Rüdiger ^a   König, Konstantin ^a   Schmidt, Marco ^b   Szarzynski, Jörg ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acacia; Burkina Faso; Land use; Life form spectra; Precipitation; Sahelisation; Sudanian zone

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERTIFICATION; DROUGHT; GRAZING PRESSURE; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LEGUME; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PERENNIAL PLANT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROTECTED AREA; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN;

AFRICA, WESTERN; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; HOMING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; RAIN;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ACACIA;

EID: 34249787345     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/espr2007.02.388     Document Type: Article

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