The supply and demand of net primary production in the Sahel

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Abdi, A M ^a   Seaquist, J ^a   Tenenbaum, D E ^a   Eklundh, L ^a   Ardo J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

climate change; Drylands; NPP; Sahel; sustainability; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DRY LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL DATA; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NPP; SAHEL; SUPPLY-DEMAND BALANCES; VULNERABILITY;

ECONOMICS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MODIS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 84928742134     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/9/094003     Document Type: Article

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