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CHAPTER TWO - Methodology I: Detecting and predicting grassland change

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 March 2019

By
Heather A. Hager  and
Jonathan A. Newman
Edited by
David J. Gibson  and
Jonathan A. Newman
David J. Gibson
Affiliation:
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Jonathan A. Newman
Affiliation:
University of Guelph, Ontario
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Grasslands and Climate Change , pp. 19 - 39
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Print publication year: 2019

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