Drylands face potential threat under 2[thinsp][deg]C global warming target

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Nature Climate Change

• Publication date

  2017-04-24

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/NCLIMATE3275
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