Biodiversity in a forest-agriculture mosaic – The changing face of West African rainforests

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Biological Conservation

• Publication date

  2010-10-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.BIOCON.2009.12.032
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