Remote sensing of vegetation in the Sudano-Sahelian zone: a literature review from 1975 to 2014.

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  2016

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  Journal of Arid Environments

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  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.JARIDENV.2015.08.022
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