Spatial and temporal analysis of forest cover change in Falgore Game Reserve in Kano, Nigeria

Ecological Processes

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Suleiman, Muhammad Sabiu ^a   Wasonga, Oliver Vivian ^a   Mbau, Judith Syombua ^a   Elhadi, Yazan Ahmed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Degradation; Falgore; Forest; Game reserve; Trend

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; NATURAL RESOURCES;

ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS; FALGORE; FOREST; GAME RESERVE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; SUSTAINABLE CONSERVATIONS; TREND;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST COVER; GIS; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

FALGORE GAME RESERVE; KANO [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA;

EID: 85043804106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21921709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13717-017-0078-4     Document Type: Article

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