Desertification in relation to climate variability and change

Advances in Agronomy

Volumn 77, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-38

  Hillel, Daniel ^a   Rosenzweig, Cynthia ^a  

^a NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

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EID: 3042745827     PISSN: 00652113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2113(02)77012-0     Document Type: Review

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