Effects of grazing intensity and bush encroachment on herbaceous species and rangeland condition in Southern Ethiopia

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 438-451

  Angassa, A ^a,b  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grazing gradient; Herbaceous species; Savanna ecosystems; Water point

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS;

BUSH ENCROACHMENT; DISTURBANCE FACTORS; FLORISTIC COMPOSITIONS; FORAGE SPECIES; HERBACEOUS SPECIES; INTERMEDIATE LEVEL; SAVANNA ECOSYSTEMS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CONSERVATION;

GRAZING PRESSURE; HERB; RANGELAND; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SAVANNA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BORANA; ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84908556171     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2160     Document Type: Article

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