Letter to the editor - Response to Wessels: Comments on 'Proxy global assessment of land degradation'

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-97

  Dent, D ^a   Bai, Z ^a   Schaepman, M ^a   Olsson, L ^a  

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EID: 60849136631     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2009.00197.x     Document Type: Letter

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