Impact of climate variability on vegetative cover in the Butana area of Sudan

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 11-16

  Elhag, Muna ^a,b   Walker, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Climate variability; NDVI departure; Sudan

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; EXPLOITATION; GROWTH RATE; LIVESTOCK; NDVI; PIXEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; VEGETATION COVER;

AFRICA; BUTANA; EAST AFRICA; KASSALA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

EID: 59449088170     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.01044.x     Document Type: Article

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