Local perceptions of woody vegetation dynamics in the context of a 'greening sahel': A case study from burkina faso

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 511-527

  Sop, T K ^a   Oldeland, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

'greening'; ANOSIM; Local ecological knowledge; Remote sensing; Sahelisation; Species shift; Sub Sahel; Vegetation dynamics; Woody species

Indexed keywords

'GREENING; ANOSIM; LOCAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; SAHELISATION; SPECIES SHIFT; SUB-SAHEL; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODY SPECIES;

CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTION; REMOTE SENSING; SENSE OF PLACE; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODLAND;

CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; PLANTS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WOOD;

BURKINA FASO;

BALANITES; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA;

EID: 84890137499     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1144     Document Type: Article

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