Cotton fields drive elephant habitat fragmentation in the Mid Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 286-297

  Sibanda, Mbulisi ^a   Murwira, Amon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Elephant; GIS; Habitat loss cotton fields; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CEREAL; COTTON; ELEPHANT; GIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WOODLAND;

ZAMBEZI VALLEY; ZIMBABWE;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 84872766667     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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