Realities and myths of the Teresken Syndrome - An evaluation of the exploitation of dwarf shrub resources in the Eastern Pamirs of Tajikistan

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 132, Issue , 2014, Pages 49-59

  Kraudzun, Tobias ^a   Vanselow, Kim André ^b   Samimi, Cyrus ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Firewood extraction; Land degradation; Natural resources; Pastoralism; Post Soviet transformation; Thermal energy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; FERTILIZERS; LAND USE; THERMAL ENERGY;

'CURRENT; ECONOMIC ROLE; FIREWOOD EXTRACTION; FORAGE PLANTS; LAND DEGRADATION; PASTORALISM; POST-SOVIET TRANSFORMATION; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; TAJIKISTAN; VEGETATION COVER;

EXTRACTION;

COAL; FUEL;

DESERTIFICATION; HERB; LAND DEGRADATION; LOW INCOME HOUSING; NATURAL RESOURCE; PASTORALISM; SHRUB; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; THERMAL POWER; VEGETATION COVER; YIELD RESPONSE;

ARTICLE; DESERTIFICATION; ENERGY CROP; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FORAGE; HARVESTING; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MANURE; SHRUB; SOCIAL STATUS; TAJIKISTAN; TERESKEN; VEGETATION;

PAMIRS; TAJIKISTAN;

ANIMALIA; ARTEMISIA; KRASCHENINNIKOVIA CERATOIDES;

FIREWOOD EXTRACTION; LAND DEGRADATION; NATURAL RESOURCES; PASTORALISM; POST-SOVIET TRANSFORMATION; THERMAL ENERGY;

AMARANTHACEAE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTEMISIA; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DESERT CLIMATE; TAJIKISTAN; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84888411242     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.10.019     Document Type: Article

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