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Land use change and carbon fluxes in East Africa quantified using earth observation data and field measurements
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| spellingShingle | PFEIFER, M., PLATTS, P.J., BURGESS, N.D., SWETNAM, R.D., WILLCOCK, S., LEWIS, S. L., MARCHANT, R., Environmental Conservation, Land use change and carbon fluxes in East Africa quantified using earth observation data and field measurements, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Pollution, Water Science and Technology |
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