Land cover change and plants diversity in the Sahel: A case study from northern Burkina Faso

Annals of Forest Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 109-123

  Kadeba, Abel ^a   Nacoulma, Blandine Marie Ivette ^a   Ouedraogo, Amadé ^a   Bachmann, Yvonne ^b   Thiombiano, Adjima ^a   Schmidt, Marco ^b,c   Boussim, Joseph Issaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Geomorphology; Land cover changes; Land degradation; Phytodiversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928682933     PISSN: 18448135     EISSN: 20652445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15287/afr.2015.350     Document Type: Article

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