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Drivers of land use change and carbon mapping in the savannah area of Ghana

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|Feb 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ffp-2017-0031 | Journal eISSN: 2199-5907 | Journal ISSN: 0071-6677
Language: English
Page range: 287 - 311
Submitted on: May 6, 2017
Accepted on: Nov 2, 2017
Published on: Feb 10, 2018
Published by: Forest Research Institute
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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