Assessing the spatio-temporal variability of vegetation productivity in Africa: quantifying the relative roles of climate variability and human activities

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  2017

• Venue

  International Journal of Digital Earth

• Publication date

  2017-09-02

• Fields of study

  Geography, Computer Science, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1080/17538947.2016.1265017
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