Impact of Future Climate and Land Use Change on Non-timber Forest Product Provision in Benin, West Africa: Linking Niche-based Modeling with Ecosystem Service Values;L'impact du changement climatique et l'aménagement du territoire sur les produits forestiers non ligneux en Benin, Afrique de l'Ouest: Combiner niche-based modeling aux valeurs des services écosystémiques

Economic Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 383-397

  Heubes, Jonathan ^a,b   Heubach, Katja ^a,b   Schmidt, Marco ^a,b,c   Wittig, Rüdiger ^a,b   Zizka, Georg ^a,b,c   Nuppenau, Ernst August ^d   Hahn, Karen ^a,b  

^a BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d Institute for Agricultural Policy and Market Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benin; climate envelope models; ecosystem service mapping; rural livelihoods; species distribution modeling

Indexed keywords

ADANSONIA; ADANSONIA DIGITATA; PARKIA BIGLOBOSA; VITELLARIA PARADOXA;

EID: 84871714682     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-012-9216-1     Document Type: Article

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