The Impacts of Changes in Land Use on Woodlands in an Equatorial African Savanna

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 632-641

  Kalema, Vettes N ^a   Witkowski, Edward T F ^a   Erasmus, Barend F N ^a   Mwavu, Edward N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Biomass energy; Charcoal production; Landsat imagery; Livelihoods; Livestock grazing; Subsistence agriculture; Woodlands

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS; CULTIVATION; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

BIO-MASS ENERGY; CHARCOAL PRODUCTION; LANDSAT IMAGERY; LIVELIHOODS; LIVESTOCK GRAZING; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE; WOODLANDS;

LAND USE;

EID: 84944626693     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2279     Document Type: Article

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