Assessing rangeland condition in the Kalahari Duneveld through local ecological knowledge of livestock farmers and remotely sensed data

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 113, Issue , 2015, Pages 77-86

  Kong, Taryn M ^a,b   Marsh, Stuart E ^b   van Rooyen, Andre F ^c   Kellner, Klaus ^a   Orr, Barron J ^b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Matopos Research Station   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Degradation assessment; Desertification; Indigenous knowledge; Land degradation; Participatory evaluation; Vegetation index; Vegetation survey

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DESERTIFICATION; DUNE; GRASS; LAND DEGRADATION; LANDSAT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RANGELAND; REMOTE SENSING; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; VEGETATION INDEX;

KALAHARI DESERT;

EID: 84907980048     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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