Land degradation: Why is it continuing?

Ambio

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 200-201

  Levia Jr , Delphis F ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0344889040     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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15. I would like to thank Dr. L.A. Lewis for his comments on earlier drafts of the manuscript.