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8 years ago

Global desertification accelerates due to grazing, leading to irreversible land loss.

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Biological Feedbacks in Global Desertification
William H. Schlesinger, James F. Reynolds, Gary L. Cunningham, Laura Huenneke, W. M. Jarrell, Ross A. Virginia, Walter G. Whitford

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