Provisioning ecosystem services-sharing as a coping and adaptation strategy among rural communities in Ghana's semi-arid ecosystem

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  2016

• Venue

  Ecosystem services

• Publication date

  2016-06-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Business, Economics, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.ECOSER.2016.05.002
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