Socioeconomic and biophysical aspects of desertification;Aspectos socioeconómicos y biofísicos de la desertificación

Ecosistemas

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 3-21

  Reynolds, J F ^a   Maestre, F T ^a,b   Huber Sannwald, E ^c   Herrick, J ^d   Kemp, P R ^a,e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

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