Land use and land cover dynamics in Dendi-Jeldu hilly-mountainous areas in the central Ethiopian highlands

Geoderma

Volumn 314, Issue , 2018, Pages 27-36

  Minta, Muluneh ^a,b   Kibret, Kibebew ^b   Thorne, Peter ^c   Nigussie, Tassew ^d   Nigatu, Lisanework ^b  

^a ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^d Geomark System Plc   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Central Ethiopian highlands; GIS; Land cover; Land use; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING;

CENTRAL ETHIOPIAN HIGHLAND; CHANGE IN LAND USE; CULTIVATED LANDS; ETHIOPIA; FORESTLANDS; LAND COVER; LAND USE AND LAND COVER; LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE; MOUNTAINOUS AREA; REMOTE-SENSING;

LAND USE;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; DICOTYLEDON; GIS; HABITAT TYPE; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MOUNTAIN REGION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CHILIMO FOREST; ETHIOPIA; ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 85033387913     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.10.035     Document Type: Article

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