A Preliminary Assessment of Ethiopian Sacred Grove Status at the Landscape and Ecosystem Scales.

A Preliminary Assessment of Ethiopian Sacred Grove Status at the Landscape and Ecosystem Scales.

The northern Ethiopian landscape is dotted with small patches of church forests that are religious centers for the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church (EOTC). These sacred groves are what remain of the once vast tropical Afromontane dry forest. Herein we review the landscape pattern of sacred groves...

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Main Authors: Alemaheyu Wassie Eshete, Margaret D. Lowman, Joshua Hair, Catherine L. Cardelús, Maria Baimas-George, Peter Scull
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-04-01
Series:Diversity
Subjects:
church forests
forest fragment
soil status
Ethiopia
dry montane forest
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/5/2/320

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