Implications of land use change in tropical northern Africa under global warming

A major link between climate and humans in tropical northern Africa, and the Sahel in particular, is land use and associated land cover change, mainly where subsistence farming prevails. Here we assess possible feedbacks between the type of land use and harvest intensity and climate by analysing a s...

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Main Authors: T. Brücher, M. Claussen, T. Raddatz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2015-12-01
Series:Earth System Dynamics
Online Access:http://www.earth-syst-dynam.net/6/769/2015/esd-6-769-2015.pdf