Annual vegetation burns across the northern savanna region of Ghana: period of occurrence, area burns, nutrient losses and emissions

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  2012

• Venue

  Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

• Publication date

  2012-07-10

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s10705-012-9514-0
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