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- Title
The geography of pastoral mobility: A spatio-temporal analysis of GPS data from Sahelian Senegal.
- Authors
Adriansen, Hanne Kirstine; Nielsen, Thomas Theis
- Abstract
The aim of this paper is to show the contribution of geography to the study of pastoral mobility. While pastoralists of Ferlo, Senegal, have become semi-sedentary, little is known about the mobility of their livestock. In this paper, pastoral mobility is analysed using GPS measurements of cattle movements made by a pastoralist from 1997 to 2000. Based on data from 3 years, a quantification of the extent of movements and mappings of the patterns are made. The results show that cattle walk about 5000 km on an annual basis, and while a great deal of the mobility can be characterised as daily circular movements between the camp and watering points, occasional transhumance is still used to make the most of variable resources.
- Subjects
FERLO (Senegal : Region); SENEGAL; ANIMAL industry; AGRICULTURAL industries; SPATIAL analysis (Statistics); AREA studies; CATTLE industry; LIVESTOCK; GEOGRAPHY education
- Publication
GeoJournal, 2005, Vol 64, Issue 3, p177
- ISSN
0343-2521
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10708-005-5646-y