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Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Third Edition: Volume 1-7

Desertification

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Reynolds, JF
January 1, 2024

The phenomenon of desertification involves the loss of biological or economic productivity and biodiversity in arid and semiarid croplands, pastures, rangelands, and subhumid woodlands due mainly to nonsustainable human activities, such as overcultivation, fuel gathering, overgrazing by domestic animals, deforestation, and poor irrigation practices, and often triggered or exacerbated by climate variability, mainly drought.

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January 1, 2024

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Reynolds, J. F. (2024). Desertification. In Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Third Edition: Volume 1-7 (pp. V6-565-V6-581). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822562-2.00213-9
Reynolds, J. F. “Desertification.” In Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Third Edition: Volume 1-7, V6-565-V6-581, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822562-2.00213-9.
Reynolds JF. Desertification. In: Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Third Edition: Volume 1-7. 2024. p. V6-565-V6-581.
Reynolds, J. F. “Desertification.” Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Third Edition: Volume 1-7, 2024, pp. V6-565-V6-581. Scopus, doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-822562-2.00213-9.
Reynolds JF. Desertification. Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Third Edition: Volume 1-7. 2024. p. V6-565-V6-581.

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January 1, 2024

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V6-565-V6-581