Cocoa agroforestry for increasing forest connectivity in a fragmented landscape in Ghana

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  2014

• Venue

  Agroforestry Systems

• Publication date

  2014-03-29

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s10457-014-9688-3
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