Variability and management patterns of range resources in the Baro River plain, Ethiopia

Area

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 108-116

  Kassahun, Daniel ^a   Afsaw, Soloman ^b  

^a Forum for Social Studies   (Ethiopia)

^b Gambela Region Planning and Finance Bureau GIS and Information Department   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Distance decay effect; Ethiopia; Range management; Rangeland variability

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BIOPHYSICS; FORAGE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; RANGELAND; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

AFRICA; BARO RIVER; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 41549119465     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2007.00787.x     Document Type: Article

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