Implications of climate, land-use and land-cover changes for pastoralism in eastern Sudan

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 85, Issue , 2012, Pages 132-141

  Sulieman, H M ^a   Elagib, N A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GADARIF   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

^c TH Köln University of Applied Sciences   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate variability; Eastern Sudan; Land cover; Land use; Pastoralism

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; PASTORALISM; RAINFALL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL EROSION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

SUDAN;

EID: 84864052620     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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