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CHAPTER FOUR - Projected climate change and the global distribution of grasslands

from Part I - Grassland dynamics and climate change

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 March 2019

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Mike B. Jones
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David J. Gibson  and
Jonathan A. Newman
David J. Gibson
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Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Jonathan A. Newman
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University of Guelph, Ontario
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Grasslands and Climate Change , pp. 67 - 81
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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