Significance of sacred sites for riparian forest conservation in Central Benin

Bois et Forets des Tropiques

Volumn 64, Issue 303, 2010, Pages 5-23

  Ceperley, Natalie ^a   Montagnini, Florencia ^b   Natta, Armand ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Yale University   (United States)

^c Benin   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Benin; Ecosystem services; Land use change; Riparian buffer; Sacred forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055071521     PISSN: 0006579X     EISSN: 17775760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19182/bft2010.303.a20450     Document Type: Article

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