A meta-analysis of the effects of communal livestock grazing on vegetation and soils in sub-Saharan Africa.

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  2015

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  Journal of Arid Environments

• Publication date

  2015-05-01

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  Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.JARIDENV.2015.01.015
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