Tropical savannas

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 105-121

  Furley, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SAVANNA; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33644828276     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0309133306pp474pr     Document Type: Review

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