Seasonal variation of carbon fluxes in a sparse savanna in semi arid Sudan

Carbon Balance and Management

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ardö, Jonas ^a   Mölder, Meelis ^a   El Tahir, Bashir Awad ^b   Elkhidir, Hatim Abdalla Mohammed ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b El Obeid Research Station   (Sudan)

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EID: 61349129516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1750-0680-3-7     Document Type: Article

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