Regime Shifts in the Sahara and Sahel: Interactions between Ecological and Climatic Systems in Northern Africa

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  2003

• Venue

  Ecosystems

• Publication date

  2003-09-09

• Fields of study

  Geology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s10021-002-0227-0
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