Analysis of the invasion rate, impacts and control measures of Prosopis juliflora: A case study of Amibara District, Eastern Ethiopia

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 7527-7542

  Haregeweyn, N ^a,b   Tsunekawa, A ^a   Tsubo, M ^a   Meshesha, D ^a   Melkie, A ^b  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Exotic species; Landsat; P. juliflora invasion; P. juliflora management

Indexed keywords

CONTROL MEASURES; EXOTIC SPECIES; LANDSAT; LANDSAT IMAGES; MANAGEMENT MEASURES; P. JULIFLORA INVASION; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA; SEED DISPERSAL;

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS;

SEED;

ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; GERMINATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; INVASIVENESS; LANDSAT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEED DISPERSAL; SHRUB;

ACACIA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BLINDNESS; CROPLAND; DERMATITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ETHIOPIA; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; HAND INFECTION; HEALTH HAZARD; INFECTION; LAND USE; LEG INFECTION; LIVESTOCK; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA; SEED DISPERSAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES INVASION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WETLAND;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHIOPIA; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PROSOPIS;

ETHIOPIA;

ANIMALIA; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA;

EID: 84881151448     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3117-3     Document Type: Article

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