The Grazing Land Ecosystems of the African Sahel

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• Publication year

  1989

• Venue

  Ecological Studies

• Publication date

  1989-10-24

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-74457-0
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