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Is Agriculture a Viable Alternative to Eucalyptus Plantations on Reclaimed Tin-mine Spoil on the Jos Plateau, Nigeria?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Michael J. Alexander
Michael J. Alexander
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, England, UK.
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Environmental Conservation , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , Autumn 1988 , pp. 261 - 263
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1988

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