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Conversion of Communal Grazing Lands into Exclosures Restored Soil Properties in the Semi-Arid Lowlands of Northern Ethiopia

Pages 153-166 | Received 16 Feb 2012, Accepted 14 Aug 2012, Published online: 21 Feb 2013

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