Land-cover change and vegetation dynamics across Africa
β Scribed by Linderman, Marc
- Book ID
- 119664986
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1014 KB
- Volume
- 110
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-0227
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