Climate change risks in Sahelian Africa

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 109-117

  Mohamed, Abdelkrim Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ ABDOU MOUMOUNI   (Niger)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate variability; Impacts; Sahel

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952103129     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-010-0172-y     Document Type: Article

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