The effect of land use on the recruitment and population structure of the important food and fodder plant, Dobera glabra (Forssk.) Poir., in northern Afar, Ethiopia

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1074-1082

  Tsegaye, Diress ^a,b   Haile, Mitiku ^b   Moe, Stein R ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Afar people; Browsing; Dobera glabra; Flood plains; Land use; Seedling recruitment

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVERGREEN TREE; FLOODPLAIN; FODDER; FOOD SECURITY; GRAZING PRESSURE; HOME GARDEN; LAND USE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PASTURE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RANGELAND; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SHRUB; TOLERANCE;

AFAR; ETHIOPIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79959801242     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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