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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-5-257-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-5-257-2014
Research article
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10 Jul 2014
Research article |  | 10 Jul 2014

Bimodality of woody cover and biomass across the precipitation gradient in West Africa

Z. Yin, S. C. Dekker, B. J. J. M. van den Hurk, and H. A. Dijkstra

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