Ecological succession and land use changes in a lake retreat area (Main Ethiopian Rift Valley)

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 91, Issue , 2013, Pages 53-60

  Temesgen, H ^a   Nyssen, J ^b   Zenebe, A ^c,d   Haregeweyn, N ^c   Kindu, M ^e   Lemenih, M ^f   Haile, M ^c  

^a DILLA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e Forestry Research Center   (Ethiopia)

^f Wondo Genet College of Forestry   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Ethiopia; Lake Abijata; Lake retreat; Landsat imagery; Remote sensing; Successional trend

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EXPLOITATION; GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAKE DYNAMICS; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEMIARID REGION; SUCCESSION; WATER USE; WOODLAND; WOODY PLANT;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT; ETHIOPIA; ETHIOPIAN RIFT; LAKE ABIYATA;

ACACIA;

EID: 84872017990     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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