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Recent history of trends in vegetation greenness and large-scale ecosystem disturbances in Eurasia Cover

Recent history of trends in vegetation greenness and large-scale ecosystem disturbances in Eurasia

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|Jan 2007

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Language: English
Page range: 260 - 272
Submitted on: Sep 1, 2005
Accepted on: Nov 20, 2006
Published on: Jan 1, 2007
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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