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Surface disturbances: Their role in accelerating desertification
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Metadata
- Authors
- Belnap, J.
- Venue
- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
- Published
- 1995
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 1-3
- Pages
- 39-57
- ISSN
- 0167-6369 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-2959
- OpenAlex
- W2076273688
- Cited by
- 373
- References
- 28
- FWCI
- 9.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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