Environmental change in time series - An interdisciplinary study in the Sahel of Mali and Senegal

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 105, Issue , 2014, Pages 52-63

  Brandt, Martin ^a,c   Romankiewicz, Clemens ^a   Spiekermann, Raphael ^b   Samimi, Cyrus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c University of Bayreuth BayCEER ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Corona; Degradation; Dogon; Ferlo; Greening; LTDR; RapidEye

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; REMOTE SENSING; SIMULATION; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION COVER;

MALI; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SENEGAL;

EID: 84896534397     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2014.02.019     Document Type: Article

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